December 2025 in “Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health”
This study highlights that careful interpretation of bite-centered anatomy and trichoscopic signs can help differentiate tick-bite alopecia from alopecia areata in children, with specific management strategies based on clinical signs.
This case report describes an adult female who developed localized hairloss on her scalp two months after tick bites, illustrating tickbite alopecia's distinct patterns and highlighting the need to consider ticks as a possible cause of such hairloss.
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April 2016 in “The American Journal of Dermatopathology”
This report describes a rare case of nonscarring alopecia linked to a tickbite on a 21-year-old male's scalp, with specific histological findings and proposed mechanisms.
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February 2024 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology”
In this case study, a tickbite from the genus Ixodes in a 9-year-old girl was associated with the development of localized alopecia areata, resembling telogen effluvium, which resolved completely in less than three months.