Trachyonychia in a child with concomitant alopecia areata and lichen planus
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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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research in Dermatology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2455-4529
DOI: 10.18203/issn.2455-4529.intjresdermatol20210587