title: [The Brocq pseudopelade--a disease picture or disease entity].
abstract: In 1885 Brocq described a type of scarring alopecia he called pseudopelade (PPB), whose character as a separate disease entity has been denied in recent decades. Several authors now believe PPB to be a polyetiological final stage (état pseudopeladique de Degos; EPP). In all, 142 patients with scarring alopecia were analyzed in an attempt to find whether PPB is a separate entity or not. Following examination, 26 cases with lichen ruber (LR), 18 cases with lupus erythematosus chronicus discoides (DLE), 2 cases with scleroderma, 1 case with folliculitis decalvans, and 1 case with ichthyosis vulgaris were diagnosed; this left 94 cases with PPB (66%). We attempt to describe the macroscopic morphology and histopathology in PPB and in LR and DLE. The findings yielded by direct immunofluorescence and the treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische Klinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Braun-Falco
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bergner
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Heilgemeir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007057:Ichthyosis / Q000473:pathology; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000473:pathology; D008179:Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Pseudopelade Brocq--Krankheitsbild oder Krankheitsentität.