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Case Number : Case 2964 - 16 November 2021 Posted By: Uma Sundram

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55 year old female with hair loss. This is the only inflamed follicle.


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Requires clinical correlation. Is the alopecia diffuse or patchy ? Sebaceous glands are not seen implying a scarring alopecia. An "orphan" arrector pilorum muscle is seen in the dermis. The hair follicle with it's root in the subcutaneous fat is an anagen follicle with surrounding lymphocytic infiltrate which spills somewhat in the fat lobule. There is no evidence of lichenoid infiltrate. These findings are suggestive of scarring alopecia due to discoid lupus erythematosus.

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LPP. I agree that DLE is a consideration. Clinically a scarring alopecia. We often get biopsies of scarred or non active areas of alopecia. Luckily in this case, several adnexal areas were available that were not inflamed, allowing us to favor LPP.

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