title: A case of hair re-pigmentation from a scalp melanoma.
abstract: Hair re-pigmentation in adults is a rare phenomenon. We describe a 58-year-old woman who developed hair re-pigmentation on her vertex scalp as a marker of underlying melanoma. Histopathology revealed a nodular melanoma that was surrounding but not invading follicular epithelium. To our knowledge, there have only been 4 other previously published cases describing hair re-pigmentation in the setting of scalp melanoma. Focal hair re-pigmentation in adults should prompt a thorough evaluation for an underlying melanoma.
authors.affiliation: University of California at San Francisco. ozav@derm.ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Vikash S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Oza
authors.forename: Joshua M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schulman
authors.forename: Thaddeus W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Mully
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ortiz
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D018859:Hair Follicle / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012535:Scalp; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*