A Woman with Focal Alopecia
August 2010
in “
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
”
TLDR A 65-year-old woman has a growing bald spot on her scalp.
A 65-year-old white woman presented with a 6-month history of a slowly enlarging alopecia plaque on her frontal scalp. The 6-cm plaque was mildly indurated, slightly erythematous, and yellow with multiple telangiectasias. She reported no pain or itching. A central punch biopsy was performed for further evaluation.