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Case Number : Case 1061 - 17th July Posted By: Guest

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Male, 39 year old, scaly erythema, post inflammatory peri-follicular change. Some scarring ?DLE ?LLP. Punch biopsy. Crown/vertex 6mm punch biopsy
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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim 508

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The infiltrate is mainly centered around the hair follicles with interface changes in the follicular epithelium. This favours LPP.

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Guest
Degeneration of the ORS and infiltration of eosinophils made me think of follicular mucinosis.

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IgorSC
I see a mononuclear infiltrate around follicular epithelium with interface changes. The follicular drop out in figures 7 and 8 are consistent with Cicatricial alopecia and there are many plasma cells (figure 5). I think this is a case of DLE. As we are seeing a young male patient with interface and psoriasiform changes and many plasma cells, my DDx. is Syphilitic alopecia.

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Robledo F. Rocha

Robledo F. Rocha 336

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[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I go with lichen planopilaris. There’s a perifollicular lichenoid infiltrate of lymphocytes and plasma cells with vacuolar interface change. A hair follicle shows concentric lamellar fibrosis around it, which [/font][/size][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]moves the infiltrate away from the follicle. C[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]lefts reminiscent of Max Joseph spaces between the follicular epithelium and the stroma can be seen.[/font]
[size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Lupus erythematosus is my favorite differential diagnosis, but I didn’t find basement membrane thickening, dermal mucin or infundibular cornified plug.[/font][/size]

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Iskander H. Chaudhry

Iskander H. Chaudhry 49

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Thank you for your comments. Alopecia cases are always difficult and the final diagnosis in this case was lichen planopilaris. You may have noted the presence of neutrophils for which I raised the possibility of folliculitis decalvans, however, this did not fit the clinical appearances and at our local CPC we concluded the appearance were in keeping with lichen planopilaris.

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