Successful Treatment of Lipedematous Alopecia using Mycophenolate Mofetil
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Successful treatment of lipedematous alopecia using mycophenolate mofetil.
Lipedematous alopecia (LA) is a rare form of non-scarring alopecia described by Coskey in 1961. To date, 78 cases have been reported in the literature (1). LA generally starts from the vertex, with a centrifuge extension that may affect the whole scalp. Patients may present pain or pruritus along the affected area. Palpation reveals a smooth, diffuse and cotton-wool-like induration (1, 2). Curr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato Venereologica
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2114