Lipedematous Scalp and Alopecia: Report of Two Cases with a Brief Review of Literature

Lipedematous scalp (LS) and lipedematous alopecia (LA) are both rare conditions with an unknown etiology. LS is characterized by boggy swelling under the skin as a result of hyperplasia of subcutaneous layer. LA is basically LS associated with hair growth abnormalities such as alopecia and short bro...

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Autores principales: Kilinc, Efsun, Dogan, Sibel, Akinci, Hande, Karaduman, Aysen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6052760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30078883
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_2_17
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author Kilinc, Efsun
Dogan, Sibel
Akinci, Hande
Karaduman, Aysen
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description Lipedematous scalp (LS) and lipedematous alopecia (LA) are both rare conditions with an unknown etiology. LS is characterized by boggy swelling under the skin as a result of hyperplasia of subcutaneous layer. LA is basically LS associated with hair growth abnormalities such as alopecia and short broken hair. Herein, we present two patients who were diagnosed with LS and LA where case with LA had a new diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus.
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spelling pubmed-60527602018-08-03 Lipedematous Scalp and Alopecia: Report of Two Cases with a Brief Review of Literature Kilinc, Efsun Dogan, Sibel Akinci, Hande Karaduman, Aysen Indian J Dermatol Case Report Lipedematous scalp (LS) and lipedematous alopecia (LA) are both rare conditions with an unknown etiology. LS is characterized by boggy swelling under the skin as a result of hyperplasia of subcutaneous layer. LA is basically LS associated with hair growth abnormalities such as alopecia and short broken hair. Herein, we present two patients who were diagnosed with LS and LA where case with LA had a new diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6052760/ /pubmed/30078883 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_2_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_short Lipedematous Scalp and Alopecia: Report of Two Cases with a Brief Review of Literature
title_sort lipedematous scalp and alopecia: report of two cases with a brief review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6052760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30078883
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_2_17
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