TLDR The girl has an inflammatory type of scarring hair loss.
The document discussed a case of a 7-year-old girl with scarring alopecia, characterized by frontal bossing, abnormal dentition, thickened digits, and progressive noninflammatory hair loss over several years. Despite normal bone development and negative tests for fungi, a biopsy indicated cicatricial alopecia. The discussion highlighted the presence of hair follicles and erector pili muscles, with inflammation noted, suggesting an inflammatory type of alopecia that had not fully developed into sclerosis.
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