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- Title
Cicatricial alopecia associated with pemphigus.
- Authors
D'Astolto, Roberto; Zangrando, Chiara; Feliciani, Claudio
- Abstract
Pemphigus is a chronic autoimmune bullous disease associated with the production of autoantibodies directed against desmosomal proteins, such as desmogleins 1 and 3. Here, we present the case of an 83-year-old woman who was referred to us with suspicious cicatricial alopecia of the scalp and a small, eroded lesion on the forehead, previously labeled as atrophic actinic keratosis after a skin biopsy. In our clinic, after a careful examination of the case, we decided to perform two new skin biopsies of the scalp on suspicion of an inflammatory disease.
- Subjects
PEMPHIGUS; BALDNESS; ACTINIC keratosis; BULLOUS pemphigoid; SKIN biopsy; DESMOGLEINS; AUTOIMMUNE diseases
- Publication
Dermatology Reports, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
2036-7406
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4081/dr.2023.9653