title: Alopecia areata with features of loose anagen hair.
abstract: A child with alopecia areata (AA) presented initially with clinical features of loose anagen hair (LAH) and had features consistent with LAH on microscopic hair analysis. However, a scalp biopsy specimen demonstrated peribulbar inflammatory infiltrates characteristic of AA. We suggest that AA may mimic LAH clinically and a scalp biopsy may help in making the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nunez
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Grande
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000254:growth & development / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans