Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in Postmenopausal Women

April 2012 in “ Informa Healthcare eBooks ”

Maria Cristina Fiorucci, Emanuele Cozzani, Aurora Parodi, Alfredo Rebora

frontal fibrosing alopecia marginal alopecia lichen planopilaris perifollicular fibrosis lymphocytic inflammation scalp biopsy lichen planus pilaris

TLDR Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a type of hair loss that usually happens after menopause.

Two postmenopausal women with frontal fibrosing alopecia (one biopsy-proven) exhibited progressive marginal alopecia without the multifocal involvement or mucosal/cutaneous lesions typical of lichen planopilaris. Scalp biopsies revealed perifollicular fibrosis and lymphocytic inflammation, histologically similar to lichen planopilaris. Thus, frontal fibrosing alopecia was considered a variant of lichen planus pilaris, specifically localized and typically occurring postmenopause.

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