title: Frontal fibrosing alopecia: case report.
abstract: Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a kind of progressive and frequently irreversible cicatricial alopecia marked by a lichenoid infiltrate in histology. Since its first description, in 1994, in Australia, some cases have been documented all over the world. The article reports, for the second time in the medical literature, a Brazilian case and reviews the main aspects of this dermatosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Caxias do Sul, Brazil. debora_nathalia@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Débora Nathália
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Smidarle
authors.forename: Mauren
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: Roberta Castilhos da
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*