Primary Cicatricial Alopecia Among Libyan Patients: A Clinicopathological and Epidemiological Study

    July 2020 in “ Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) ”
    Fauzia Musbah
    TLDR Early diagnosis and treatment can lessen the impact of cicatricial alopecia.
    The study focused on primary cicatricial alopecia among 31 Libyan patients, diagnosed through biopsy and tricoscopy between January 2018 and December 2019. It aimed to assess the epidemiological and clinicopathological characteristics of the condition. The results showed that 16.1% of patients had lichen planopilaris, 25.8% had discoid lupus erythematosus, 6% had folliculitis decalvans, 6.45% had pseudopelade of Brocq, and 16.12% had frontal fibrosing alopecia. The study concluded that cicatricial alopecia predominantly affected middle-aged individuals, especially females, and emphasized that early diagnosis and treatment could reduce the burden of the disease.
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