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Frontal fibrosing alopecia and extrafacial lichen planus pigmentosum in a caucasian woman

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract We present the case of a 72-year-old Caucasian woman with frontal fibrosing alopecia of one year's duration. Eighteen months later, she presented with sudden hyperpigmentation on the submental area, neck and upper chest. Histopathological examination was consistent with lichen planus pigmentosus...

Frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planus pigmentosus: diagnosis and therapeutic challenge

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (5,supl.1), 2017
Abstract Frontal fibrosing alopecia is a variant of lichen planopilaris with marginal progressive hair loss on the scalp, eyebrows and axillae. We report a case of frontal fibrosing alopecia and lichen planus pigmentosus in a postmenopausal woman, that started with alopecia on the eyebrows and then on th...