title: Concomitant alopecia areata and hypertrichosis after infliximab therapy: rara avis.
abstract: We present a 37 year-old man with HLA-B27 positive ankylosing spondylitis for the last 3 years. Interestingly, he developed both alopecia areata and hypertrichosis simultaneously following infliximab treatment. Reporting this interesting patient of ours -to our best notice for the first time in the literature- we call attention of clinicians to the contradistinctive effects of anti-TNF-α agents on hair growth cycle.
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akarsu
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tok
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tekin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006983:Hypertrichosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000069285:Infliximab; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000069285:Infliximab