Red lunulae in severe alopecia areata.
The development of red nail lunulae has been extremely rarely described in alopecia areata. We observed 2 patients, a 30-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man, both suffering from severe alopecia areata, and having red lunulae. The colour changes, which developed a few weeks after the acute onset of hair loss, disappeared slowly, leaving horizontal fissures (Beau's lines).
Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.
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D000328:Adult; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*