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Paradi Mirmirani, MD; Timothy McCalmont, MD; Vera H. Price, MD, FCRPC
University of California, San Francisco

Arch Dermatol. 2003;139:1363-1368.

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REPORT OF A CASE

A 62-year-old white woman presented with a 1-year history of decreased hair density and itching of the scalp. The hair loss was most prominent along the frontal hairline. She also noted decreased density and then complete loss of both eyebrows. She was in good health except for a history of basal cell cancer and actinic keratoses. She had undergone a hysterectomy at the age of 65 years, and the only medication she used was vaginal estrogen cream. She denied any family history of androgenetic alopecia or other types of hair loss.

The results of laboratory tests, including a complete blood cell count and measurement of thyrotropin and antinuclear antibody levels, were normal. Physical examination revealed seemingly normal scalp hair density. However, an absence of follicular orifices and increased spacing between the hairs in a bandlike distribution from ear to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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