title: Syringoma-like sweat duct proliferation in scalp alopecias.
abstract: We have reviewed a series of 585 scalp biopsies taken for histologic evaluation of hair loss and have looked for syringoma-like eccrine sweat duct proliferation. This feature was found in 6 specimens with scarring alopecia and one each with alopecia areata and female-pattern alopecia. Syringoma-like sweat duct proliferation appears to play no role in the etiology of hair loss.
authors.affiliation: Pinkus Dermatopathology Laboratory, Monroe, Michigan 48161.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Mehregan
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mehregan
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*; D013544:Sweat Gland Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013545:Sweat Glands / Q000473:pathology*