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CAPT. WAINE C. JOHNSON; COL. ROBERT S. HIGDON; ELSON B. HELWIG, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1959;79(4):395-406.

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Alopecia mucinosa is a dermatosis recently described by Pinkus.¹ Clinically it appears as single or multiple, slightly erythematous, raised plaques, associated with loss of hair in the sites involved. Pathologically, the changes are in the pilosebaceous apparatus; they are easily recognized and diagnosed.

After Dr. Pinkus presented his paper at the International Congress of Dermatology at Stockholm,² Dr. Szodoray, of Budapest, said he had published a similar case with Lehner, in 1939, and also referred to a case published by Kreibich, in 1926. Kreibich³ described a generalized patchy eruption in a 20-year-old white youth, under the title "Mucin in a Skin Disease." The distinctive histopathological feature was the presence of cystic spaces and mucin within the pilosebaceous follicle. There was a perifollicular infiltrate with numerous lymphocytes and occasionally some mucinous material. He believed that the mucinous change preceded or possibly occurred at . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
(MC); (MC), U. S. Army; Washington, D. C.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication April 11, 1958.

Senior Resident in Dermatology (Capt. Johnson) and Chief, Dermatology Service (Col. Higdon), Walter Reed Army Hospital; Chief, Skin and Gastrointestinal Section, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (Dr. Helwig).

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