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John R. Haserick, M.D.; Allen E. Walker, M.D.; Melvin Brody, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1957;75(4):600-603.

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Acquired Noncicatricial Local Alopecia. Presented by DR. E. H. JONES JR.

This 6-year-old boy has two areas of partial alopecia of the scalp of two months' duration. Clinically and by cultures there were no signs of tinea. Under the microscope the easily epilated hairs in the involved area showed a peculiar thread-like structure wound around the hair shaft, just above the bulb. No hairs from normal areas of this boy's scalp showed a similar structure, nor has it been seen in cases of alopecia areata or tinea capitis.

Ten similar cases were seen in the past four years, with the same microscopic findings in all.

Discussion

DR. GEORGE H. CURTIS: I should like to offer the diagnosis of alopecia areata in this case. On the left parietal region, just above the ear, there is a patch which I though was perfectly typical of alopecia areata, except that there was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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