What's eating you? tick bite alopecia.
Tick bite alopecia is seldom reported in the literature. The condition usually presents as a solitary oval zone of alopecia with a central eschar. Histologic findings are not well described but generally indicate dense perifollicular lymphocytic inflammation. The mechanism for hair loss is poorly understood, but the prognosis for hair regrowth appears to be favorable.
Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, and HCT Dermatopathology Services, Baltimore, USA.
Leonard C
LC
Sperling
College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
Elizabeth
E
Sutton
Aurora Diagnostics Twin Cities Dermatopathology, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA.
Marke S
MS
Wilke
D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017495:Hyperpigmentation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D064927:Tick Bites / Q000150:complications*