Frontal fibrosing alopecia.
A 75-year-old woman presented with a 3-year history of progressive loss of her eyebrow hair and with frontal-parietal hairline recession. Multiple biopsy specimens supported a histopathologic diagnosis of lichen planopilaris. With these histolopathologic findings, and the patient's clinical presentation, a diagnosis of frontal fibrosing alopecia was made. Treatment to date with topical glucocorticoid preparations, intralesional triamcinolone injections, and tacrolimus ointment have been unsuccessful.
Clark-Loeser
Lesley
L
Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, USA.
Latkowski
Jo-Ann
JA
D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005138:Eyebrows; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D017698:Postmenopause