Frontal fibrosing alopecia and extrafacial lichen planus pigmentosum in a caucasian woman

We present the case of a 72-year-old Caucasian woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia of one year’s duration. Eighteen months later, she presented with sudden hyperpigmentation on the submental area, neck and upper chest. Histopathological examination was consistent with lichen planus pigmentosus. Th...

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Autores principales: Franco-Muñoz, Monserrat, García-Arpa, Monica, Lozano-Masdemont, Belén, Ramos-Rodríguez, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5726684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29267453
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20176638
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Sumario:We present the case of a 72-year-old Caucasian woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia of one year’s duration. Eighteen months later, she presented with sudden hyperpigmentation on the submental area, neck and upper chest. Histopathological examination was consistent with lichen planus pigmentosus. This is the report of a unique case of a FFA and extrafacial lichen planus pigmentosus.

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