A Case of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in a Patient with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica | Zendy

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A Case of Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in a Patient with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Author(s) -

Ariana Eginli,

Courtney W. Bagayoko,

Amy McMichael

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

skin appendage disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 2296-9195

pISSN - 2296-9160

DOI - 10.1159/000447493

Subject(s) - polymyalgia rheumatica , primary biliary cirrhosis , etiology , medicine , dermatology , pathogenesis , pathology , connective tissue , connective tissue disease , hair loss , autoimmune disease , gastroenterology , disease , vasculitis , giant cell arteritis

Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a form of scarring hair loss that is characterized by hair follicle destruction in a fronto-temporo-parietal distribution. Its etiology is unknown; however, most authors presently favor an immune pathogenesis. Associated autoimmune connective tissue diseases have been reported in patients with FFA. We present a case of FFA in a woman with primary biliary cirrhosis and polymyalgia rheumatica, suggesting an association between these clinical entities and supporting a potential autoimmune etiology of FFA.

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