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Alopecia-Areata Like Alopecia in Mycosis Fungoides, a Case Report

Authors :
F. Farnaghi
Z. Safaee Naraghi
S. Mohit
Source :
Tehran University Medical Journal, Vol 56, Iss 1, Pp 83-85 (1998)
Publication Year :
1998
Publisher :
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 1998.

Abstract

Mycosis Fungoides (MF) is a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (2,5). Alopecia is rarely seen in this disease, and the reported cases are in the form of follicular mucinosis (1,2,4). In this case report a patient is presented whose lesions all showed alopecia without mucinosis. Furthermore there was a patch of alopecia without any epidermal changes, which was clinicaly identical with alopecia areata, and histologically identical with MF. After six months of treatment there is regrowth of almost normal hair on all of the lesions

Details

Language :
Persian
ISSN :
16831764 and 17357322
Volume :
56
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Tehran University Medical Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9e43002a88ce49108a56f9033d591037
Document Type :
article