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Incidental Syringomas of the Scalp in a Patient with Scarring Alopecia
Syringomas are benign adnexal neoplasms of eccrine lineage, which occur most commonly in the periorbital region in middle-aged females. These cutaneous lesions rarely occur on the scalp, are typically asymptomatic and are predominantly of cosmetic significance. Involvement of the scalp may be indist...
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S. Karger AG
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000437416 |
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author | Deen, Kristyn Curchin, Claudia Wu, Jason |
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description | Syringomas are benign adnexal neoplasms of eccrine lineage, which occur most commonly in the periorbital region in middle-aged females. These cutaneous lesions rarely occur on the scalp, are typically asymptomatic and are predominantly of cosmetic significance. Involvement of the scalp may be indistinguishable from that of scarring alopecia. We present an unusual case of clinically inapparent syringomas occurring on the scalp of a 56-year-old female with alopecia who was subsequently diagnosed with lichen planopilaris after repeated scalp biopsy. In patients with unexplained hair loss, or in cases that are refractive to treatment, clinicians should perform scalp biopsy to exclude the diagnosis of rare neoplastic lesions like syringomas and to diagnose associated conditions. |
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spelling | pubmed-45603142015-09-08 Incidental Syringomas of the Scalp in a Patient with Scarring Alopecia Deen, Kristyn Curchin, Claudia Wu, Jason Case Rep Dermatol Published online: July, 2015 Syringomas are benign adnexal neoplasms of eccrine lineage, which occur most commonly in the periorbital region in middle-aged females. These cutaneous lesions rarely occur on the scalp, are typically asymptomatic and are predominantly of cosmetic significance. Involvement of the scalp may be indistinguishable from that of scarring alopecia. We present an unusual case of clinically inapparent syringomas occurring on the scalp of a 56-year-old female with alopecia who was subsequently diagnosed with lichen planopilaris after repeated scalp biopsy. In patients with unexplained hair loss, or in cases that are refractive to treatment, clinicians should perform scalp biopsy to exclude the diagnosis of rare neoplastic lesions like syringomas and to diagnose associated conditions. S. Karger AG 2015-07-24 /pmc/articles/PMC4560314/ /pubmed/26351426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000437416 Text en Copyright © 2015 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC) (www.karger.com/OA-license), applicable to the online version of the article only. Distribution permitted for non-commercial purposes only. |
spellingShingle | Published online: July, 2015 Deen, Kristyn Curchin, Claudia Wu, Jason Incidental Syringomas of the Scalp in a Patient with Scarring Alopecia |
title | Incidental Syringomas of the Scalp in a Patient with Scarring Alopecia |
title_full | Incidental Syringomas of the Scalp in a Patient with Scarring Alopecia |
title_fullStr | Incidental Syringomas of the Scalp in a Patient with Scarring Alopecia |
title_full_unstemmed | Incidental Syringomas of the Scalp in a Patient with Scarring Alopecia |
title_short | Incidental Syringomas of the Scalp in a Patient with Scarring Alopecia |
title_sort | incidental syringomas of the scalp in a patient with scarring alopecia |
topic | Published online: July, 2015 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4560314/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26351426 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000437416 |
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