Lipedematous alopecia is a rare condition of unknown etiology characterized by a thick boggy scalp with varying degrees of hair loss. It is usually seen in adult African-American females, and a case in a 9-year-old was the youngest patient reported thus far. We report on the appearance of this condition in two children, a 6-year-old child and a 10-year-old child. Each presented with congenital ...

The lipedematous scalp is a rare condition of unknown etiology characterized by diffuse increase of the fat layer in the subcutaneous tissue of the scalp. Case Report: We described the case of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis treated with etanercept and prednisone, who develops diffuse thickening of the scalp associated with local pain, without improvement with analgesics and non-steroidal...

BACKGROUND Lipedematous alopecia (LA) is a rare disorder clinically characterized by a thick boggy scalp and varying severity of hair loss, which primarily occurs in black female adults. In this study, we reported one male adult Chinese diagnosed with lipedematous alopecia for the first time. CASE PRESENTATION A Chinese male, aged 20 years old, admitted to Shandong Provincial Hospital for Ski...

Lipedematous alopecia is an uncommon disease that mainly affects African American and Egyptian women. This report is of an 18-year-old Taiwanese womanwho presented with asymptomatic boggy and thickened scalp for 10 years. In the last 6 months, there was diffuse hair loss on the affected scalp without scarring. Histopathologically, there were increased thickness of subcutaneous fat layer, mild p...