BACKGROUND Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and sympathetic ophthalmia (SO) are both autoimmune disorders targeting melanin-bearing cells, even though their etiologies are different. Both shared many ocular and systemic manifestations, including integumentary findings. Most of the literature focused on the ocular manifestations and related treatment. Alopecia was seldom mentioned. FINDINGS ...

and pilosebaceous testosterone available for conversion to DHT. This synergic action may explain why our patient did not show alopecia while taking triptorelin with tamoxifen. Moreover, minoxidil lengthened and enlarged the small vellus hairs and decreased shedding, highlighting the hypothesis of a relative hyperandrogenism as the cause of alopecia. Female sex hormonebinding globulin (SHBG) lev...

BACKGROUND Alopecia areata incognita is a variety of alopecia areata characterized by acute diffuse shedding of telogen hairs without typical patches. OBJECTIVE We sought to report the clinical, pathological, and dermoscopic features of alopecia areata incognita. METHODS Seventy patients with alopecia areata incognita were evaluated clinically and with videodermoscopy during the period of 2...

Lupus erythematosus, especially the discoid form, and lichen planopilaris may be associated and can occur in different topographies (coexistence) or in the same lesion (lupus eythematosus/lichen planus overlap syndrome). Frontal fibrosing alopecia is considered a variant form of lichen Received: October 24, 2016 Accepted: October 27, 2016 Published online: November 12, 2016 Leandro Noriega Derm...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and pattern of androgenetic alopecia in Turkey and to compare the results with different regions. METHODS The community-based study was carried out from September 2012 to June 2013 across all the 12 districts of Tokat province of Turkey. Individuals 20-years-old or older were included, and more than two first-degree relatives were excluded. Dermatological...

Lupus erythematosus, especially the discoid form, and lichen planopilaris may be associated and can occur in different topographies (coexistence) or in the same lesion (lupus eythematosus/lichen planus overlap syndrome). Frontal fibrosing alopecia is considered a variant form of lichen Received: October 24, 2016 Accepted: October 27, 2016 Published online: November 12, 2016 Leandro Noriega Derm...

Background: Cutaneous findings in the setting of HIV infection encompass a broad spectrum of diseases. Only few cases of vitiligo or alopecia areata have been described in HIV/AIDS patients and it remains unclear whether there is a causal relationship between HIV/AIDS and these two conditions. Observations: Our patient initially presented with diffuse generalized pruritic hypoand depigmented ma...

IMPORTANCE Previous studies found conflicting results as to whether atopic dermatitis (AD) is increased in patients with vitiligo and alopecia areata (AA). OBJECTIVE To compare the prevalence of AD between patients with either vitiligo or AA and those without these disorders by performing a meta-analysis of observational studies. DATA SOURCES MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Google Schola...

One of the genetic factors associated with the development of alopecia areata (AA) is the HLA locus. The study comprised 52 patients with AA aged 10 to 64 years. The frequences of HLA-DRB alleles in the patients and controls were compared. The control group comprised 152 healthy persons. Familial occurrence of AA was seen in 7 (13.5%) cases. A significantly lower frequency of HLA-DRB1*03 was ob...