Postirradiation extensive cicatricial scalp alopecia treated by tissue expansion.
The scalp of a 20-year-old woman with extensive cicatricial alopecia caused by x-ray irradiation for tinea capitis has been reconstructed by the use of tissue expansion. Two stages were required to reconstruct the large defect. The hair-bearing posterior scalp has been expanded to cover the whole irradiated area, creating a new anterior hairline and a pleasing cosmetic result.
Moscona
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
Ullmann
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Y
Bergman
R
R
Friedman-Birnbaum
R
R
D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000532:radiotherapy