Extensive Cicatricial Alopecia of Scalp. ? Lichen Planus

Cicatricial keratoconjunctivitis associated with lichen planus

PURPOSE To describe a case of cicatricial keratoconjunctivitis associated with lichen planus. METHODS Case report. RESULTS To our knowledge, this is the sixth reported case of cicatricial keratoconjunctivitis associated with lichen planus. A 73-year-old woman had persistent cicatricial keratoconjunctivitis. Histopathologic studies of the buccal mucosa biopsy specimen revealed lichen planus....

Colocalization of alopecia areata and lichen planus.

Three months after the appearance of the initial lesion he developed a solitary violaceous papule in the center of the patch (Figure 1). The lesion was pruritic and mildly scaly. No mucosal lesion was present. A biopsy from the patch of alopecia revealed a typical perifollicular “swarm of bees” type lymphocytic infiltrate consistent with a diagnosis of alopecia areata (AA) (Figure 2). A biopsy ...

Erosive lichen planus of the scalp and hepatitis C infection.

Central Centrifugal Cicatricial Alopecia Presenting with Irregular Patchy Alopecia on the Lateral and Posterior Scalp.

BACKGROUND Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) is the most common cause of scarring alopecia among women of African descent which affects the central scalp and spreads centrifugally but spares the lateral and posterior scalp. OBJECTIVES The objective of this study is to report on a new clinical variety of CCCA presenting with patchy alopecia involving the lateral and posterior sca...

Cicatricial alopecia as a manifestation of different dermatoses.

There are numerous dermatoses which may cause cicatricial alopecia when localized on the scalp, such as chronic discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), lichen planus, graft-versus-host disease, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, cicatricial pemphigoid, porphyria cutanea tarda, follicular mucinosis, perifolliculitis capitis abscedens, lichen sclerosus et atrophicus, necrobiosis lipoidica, sarcoidosis, etc...