Report of a Rare Case of Alopecia Areata Coexisting with Trichotillomania

Alopecia areata (AA) is a common dermatological disease characterized by patchy areas of nonscarring alopecia. Trichotillomania (TT) is an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder defined by the urge to pull out his/her hair. We describe a case of AA coexisting with TT. A 6-year-old male child pr...

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Autores principales: Brzezinski, Piotr, Cywinska, Ewelina, Chiriac, Anca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27127375
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.179388
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description Alopecia areata (AA) is a common dermatological disease characterized by patchy areas of nonscarring alopecia. Trichotillomania (TT) is an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder defined by the urge to pull out his/her hair. We describe a case of AA coexisting with TT. A 6-year-old male child presented with a localized patch of hair loss in the occipital area of 2 years duration. Dermoscopy revealed numerous exclamation mark hairs along with signs of scratching and bleeding. A detailed medical anamnesis and thorough examination of the child during the consultation put in evidence TT.
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spelling pubmed-48301712016-04-28 Report of a Rare Case of Alopecia Areata Coexisting with Trichotillomania Brzezinski, Piotr Cywinska, Ewelina Chiriac, Anca Int J Trichology Case Report Alopecia areata (AA) is a common dermatological disease characterized by patchy areas of nonscarring alopecia. Trichotillomania (TT) is an expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder defined by the urge to pull out his/her hair. We describe a case of AA coexisting with TT. A 6-year-old male child presented with a localized patch of hair loss in the occipital area of 2 years duration. Dermoscopy revealed numerous exclamation mark hairs along with signs of scratching and bleeding. A detailed medical anamnesis and thorough examination of the child during the consultation put in evidence TT. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4830171/ /pubmed/27127375 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.179388 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Report of a Rare Case of Alopecia Areata Coexisting with Trichotillomania
title_sort report of a rare case of alopecia areata coexisting with trichotillomania
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830171/
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