Chronic Diffuse Alopecia in Women: A Retrospective Review of Histopathologic Diagnoses

November 2023 in “ International Journal of Dermatology ”

Deren Özcan, Mesut Öztürk, Özlem Özen

chronic diffuse alopecia androgenetic alopecia chronic telogen effluvium overlapping alopecia lichen planopilaris histopathologic examination female pattern hair loss histopathology

Studysummary In this study, researchers analyzed histopathologic findings in 32 women with chronic diffuse alopecia and found that 40.6% had androgenetic alopecia, while a diffuse variant of lichen planopilaris was diagnosed in 32.5% of cases, emphasizing the importance of histopathologic examination for accurate diagnosis.

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