A Case of Cicatricial Alopecia Associated With Pemphigus: A Case Report
June 2023
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Dermatology reports
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TLDR The link between pemphigus and the patient's scarring hair loss is still unclear.
The document reports the case of an 83-year-old woman with suspected cicatricial alopecia and a small eroded lesion on her forehead, initially thought to be atrophic actinic keratosis. Pemphigus, an autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibodies against desmosomal proteins, was considered as a potential underlying condition. To investigate further, the clinic performed two new skin biopsies of the scalp, suspecting an inflammatory disease. The summary does not provide the outcome of the biopsies or a definitive diagnosis, so the conclusion regarding the association between pemphigus and the patient's cicatricial alopecia remains undetermined based on the provided text.