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Scarring Alopecia With Coexisting Lichen Planus in a Child: A Rare Phenomenon
Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is characterized by chronic cicatricial alopecia that is lymphocytic in nature. The underlying pathophysiology of LPP is not well understood. Failure of therapeutic management occurs quite often resulting in significant psychosocial stress on the patient when they are unabl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513361 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16730 |
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author | Hamid, Muhammad Ammar B Tariq, Shahan |
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description | Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is characterized by chronic cicatricial alopecia that is lymphocytic in nature. The underlying pathophysiology of LPP is not well understood. Failure of therapeutic management occurs quite often resulting in significant psychosocial stress on the patient when they are unable to prevent further hair loss or reverse it. Although the occurrence of LPP is rare, it is especially seldom observed in the pediatric population. Herein, we discuss a case of a nine-year-old child who was recently diagnosed with LPP. |
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spelling | pubmed-84053522021-09-09 Scarring Alopecia With Coexisting Lichen Planus in a Child: A Rare Phenomenon Hamid, Muhammad Ammar B Tariq, Shahan Cureus Dermatology Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is characterized by chronic cicatricial alopecia that is lymphocytic in nature. The underlying pathophysiology of LPP is not well understood. Failure of therapeutic management occurs quite often resulting in significant psychosocial stress on the patient when they are unable to prevent further hair loss or reverse it. Although the occurrence of LPP is rare, it is especially seldom observed in the pediatric population. Herein, we discuss a case of a nine-year-old child who was recently diagnosed with LPP. Cureus 2021-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8405352/ /pubmed/34513361 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16730 Text en Copyright © 2021, Hamid et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Hamid, Muhammad Ammar B Tariq, Shahan Scarring Alopecia With Coexisting Lichen Planus in a Child: A Rare Phenomenon |
title | Scarring Alopecia With Coexisting Lichen Planus in a Child: A Rare Phenomenon |
title_full | Scarring Alopecia With Coexisting Lichen Planus in a Child: A Rare Phenomenon |
title_fullStr | Scarring Alopecia With Coexisting Lichen Planus in a Child: A Rare Phenomenon |
title_full_unstemmed | Scarring Alopecia With Coexisting Lichen Planus in a Child: A Rare Phenomenon |
title_short | Scarring Alopecia With Coexisting Lichen Planus in a Child: A Rare Phenomenon |
title_sort | scarring alopecia with coexisting lichen planus in a child: a rare phenomenon |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8405352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34513361 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16730 |
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