A clinical and histopathological study of cicatricial alopecia

Update on cicatricial alopecia.

Cicatricial alopecia is an enigmatic group of hair disorders linked by the potential permanent loss of scalp hair follicles in involved areas. Progress in our understanding and treatment of these disorders has been stymied by the lack of clear diagnostic criteria for the current terms used to describe the various hair loss entities. Since all of these conditions evolve as the hair is destroyed ...

Cicatricial Alopecia Following Therapeutic Embolization

Sir, Selective embolization is used pre-operatively for highly vascular tumours, for treatment of vascular malformations and for treatment of bleeding. The morbidity rate of this technique is less than 1% (1, 2). Skin necrosis is described as an uncommon and minor adverse e¡ect.We present a case of cicatricial alopecia following intravascular embolization for incoercible bleeding of the nose.

Primary cicatricial alopecia: diagnosis and treatment.

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: challenges and solutions

Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is the most common scarring alopecia among African American women. Data about epidemiology, etiology, genetic inheritance, and management are scarce and come from individual reports or small series. CCCA has been associated with hot combing and traumatic hair styling for years; however, studies fail to confirm it as the sole etiologic factor. It h...

ویژگی‌های دموگرافیک، بالینی و هیستوپاتولوژیک در انواع مختلف آلوپسی ‌سیکاتریسیل

Background and Aim: Cicatricial alopecia is the result of irreversible substitution of hair follicles with fibrotic tissue and presents as permanent loss of hair. Only a few studies have investigated the clinical and histopathological characteristics of cicatricial alopecia in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the demographic, clinical and histopathological characteris...