Lipedematous Alopecia: Clinical, Histopathological, and Trichoscopic Findings of a Single Case and Review of the Literature

    January 2019 in “ Case Reports in Dermatology ”
    Ornella Accaputo, Jonathan M. L. White, Athanassios Kolivras … Véronique Del Marmol
    Studysummary In this rare case report, the researchers described a 66-year-old African woman with lipedematous alopecia, highlighting its clinical features, the significance of palpation in examinations, and the uncertainty of it being a distinct disease entity or a combination of two conditions.
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    1. Lipedematous Alopecia with Mucinosis: Report of the First Case in Taiwan Dermatologica Sinica · 2011
    2. Lipedematous Alopecia: An Uncommon Clinicopathologic Variant of Nonscarring but Permanent Alopecia International Journal of Dermatology · 2008
    3. Lipedematous Scalp and Lipedematous Alopecia: Report of Three Cases in White Adults Journal of dermatology · 2007
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    5. Proliferation and Differentiation of Organoid Hair Follicle Cells Co-Cultured with Fat Cells in Collagen Gel Matrix Culture British Journal of Dermatology · 1998

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