Occult Syringomas of the Scalp Associated With Progressive Hair Loss

This report from 1980 described a case of a 57-year-old woman experiencing progressive hair loss over 22 years, despite having no apparent health issues or abnormalities in clinical examinations and laboratory tests. The study suggested that clinically inapparent tumors of the sweat gland, known as syringomas, might have been responsible for the hair loss by exerting a territorial effect on the scalp. Various treatments, including low-dose dexamethasone, liothyronine sodium, and zinc sulfate, were trialed without success.