1 citations
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July 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study observed that sebaceous glands were preserved in some patients with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, suggesting early gland loss may not be a key feature of the condition.
October 2023 in “Pediatric blood & cancer” This report discusses a potentially underdiagnosed form of multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis in infants, demonstrating the use of thymic sonography for staging, highlighting a case where thymic and cutaneous involvement was confirmed, and suggesting thymic ultrasound may aid in better diagnosis and management of LCH.
21 citations
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January 2009 in “Indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology” A new method can better diagnose eruptive vellus hair cysts.
January 2023 in “Skin appendage disorders” This article describes two cases of plica neuropathica, a rare hair condition involving severe matting, and discusses possible contributing factors and diagnosis methods while reporting no new scientific results.
August 2025 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This case report is the first to document the coexistence of bullous pemphigoid, malignant tumors, and alopecia areata in a patient, highlighting the complete resolution of skin lesions with dupilumab and spontaneous hair regrowth without disease-specific treatment.
15 citations
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December 2009 in “PubMed” This case study highlights a pediatric instance of eruptive vellus hair cysts partially responding to calcipotriene cream, aiming to remind clinicians about this often overlooked condition.
2 citations
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March 2023 in “Frontiers in medicine” This case report presents the first successful treatment of perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens using a regimen of adalimumab and baricitinib, resulting in almost complete healing after nine months.
December 2022 in “The journal of pediatrics/The Journal of pediatrics” This case report describes a diagnosis of cutaneous pilus migrans in a 19-month-old girl, highlighting its rarity and distinction from larva migrans, and confirming it through microscopic examination.
6 citations
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June 1986 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This report discusses a case of reticular erythematous mucinosis syndrome, highlighting minimal mucin deposition and significant lymphocytic infiltration around the hair follicle, contributing to the ongoing debate about its nature as a mucinosis.
January 2005 in “Pediatric Dermatology” This article presents a discussion on alopecia areata in infants and concludes that the condition's occurrence in this age group is not as rare as previously thought; it offers no new data.
February 2025 in “JEADV Clinical Practice” This study described a rare case of bullous pemphigoid presenting as cicatricial alopecia in a Hispanic female, successfully treated with a combination of oral methotrexate and topical steroids.
6 citations
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April 1985 in “Australasian journal of dermatology” This report describes a rare scalp condition in children with features similar to tinea capitis but shows negative fungal cultures, and suggests possible slow improvement with griseofulvin in two cases.
3 citations
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March 2024 in “Journal of Dermatological Treatment” Baricitinib can lead to hair regrowth in alopecia areata but may also cause relapses.
2 citations
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June 1953 in “Journal of the American Medical Association” This article explores the correlation between alopecia leprotica and Buddhist customs, presenting evidence that leprosy is contracted during infancy or childhood rather than in maturity; it reports no new clinical findings.
June 2025 in “British Journal of Dermatology” In this study, researchers describe a rare case of trichoepitheliomas in a 7-year-old boy, characterized by multiple skin lesions in a Blaschko-linear pattern, hypothesizing it as a type 1 segmental mosaicism without detected CYLD gene mutations.
11 citations
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December 2011 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This abstract provides clinical images of scaly erythematous lesions but does not report any new research findings; further queries should be directed to the corresponding author.
November 2022 in “JAAD case reports” This case study reports a rare presentation of cutaneous sarcoidosis on the scalp, evidenced by scarring alopecia linked to non-caseating granulomas in a 48-year-old female with uveitis.
In this multicenter study, belimumab effectively reduced disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients with joint and skin manifestations, showing significant improvement in acute and subacute skin types earlier than in chronic types, while no significant benefit was observed for nonspecific skin manifestations.
This study reported that dupilumab successfully induced remission of chronic, disseminated eczema herpeticum in a six-year-old girl with DOCK8-deficiency hyper-IgE syndrome, achieving complete resolution of herpetic lesions and significant skin, hair, and nail improvement within three months.
8 citations
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August 1987 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This study reports that the monoclonal antibody BKN-1 specifically stained basal cell epithelioma cells and certain normal skin structures, indicating a similarity in keratin expression between the tumor and follicular epithelium below the isthmus portion.
14 citations
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August 2004 in “Veterinary Dermatology” In this study, a thoroughbred mare exhibited a unique case of alopecia areata with lymphocytic infiltration at both the bulbar and isthmic levels of hair follicles.
May 2026 in “Journal of International Medical Research” This case report describes a 4-year-old patient with complete hair loss and keratotic papules, leading to a diagnosis of atrichia with papular lesions, underscoring diagnostic challenges in resource-limited settings and suggesting a clinical framework for identifying this condition, especially in consanguineous families.
1 citations
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March 2024 in “Oxford Medical Case Reports” In this case study, researchers reported that moth-eaten alopecia was the only clinical sign of secondary syphilis in a 28-year-old man from Nepal, and treatment with Benzathine Penicillin G led to complete hair regrowth within four months.
20 citations
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September 2018 in “Journal of cutaneous pathology” This study found that adnexal acantholysis does not reliably distinguish pemphigus vulgaris from pemphigus foliaceus, but the level of acantholysis and degree of dyskeratosis serve as distinguishing features among acantholytic disorders.
June 2024 in “Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine” This case report describes a Salem black kid with alopecia and other symptoms, which was diagnosed with anaplasmosis due to Anaplasma ovis infection combined with copper deficiency, as confirmed by laboratory tests including blood smears and serum biochemistry.
This study in a nine-year-old boy from Lebanon identified a gene mutation (c.1066dup p.(Arg356Profs*16)) associated with a rare inborn error of immunity, characterized by craniosynostosis, jaundice, and several other symptoms, expanding the known genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of this condition.
3 citations
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January 2021 in “International journal of general medicine” This case report describes an 8-year-old boy with impetigenic scabies on his scalp, which responded well to treatment with topical permethrin, oral antihistamines, and antibiotics.
February 2017 in “Medicina cutánea ibero-latino-americana” This case report documents an 8-year-old boy with alopecia areata presenting as symmetric alopecic patches with a triangular and targetoid pattern on the scalp, successfully treated with clobetasol propionate foam.
4 citations
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October 2011 in “Pediatric dermatology” This case report suggests that patchy hair loss in a child may be an atypical sign of persistent head lice infestation.
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January 2012 in “International Journal of Trichology” This report describes three patients with distinct conditions who exhibited rectangular-patterned occipital alopecia areata associated with their respective medical cases.