Open AccessNail involvement in frontal fibrosing alopecia
Author(s) -
RalphMichel Trüeb,
Melanie Macpherson,
Parinaz Hohendorf-Ansari
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.160107
Subject(s) - scalp , dermatology , alopecia areata , medicine , nail (fastener) , scarring alopecia , dutasteride , prostate , materials science , cancer , metallurgy
A case of frontal fibrosing alopecia with nail involvement is presented. Nail involvement provides evidence for underlying lichen planus, and that the disease represents a rather generalized than localized process. Favorable response of the scalp condition to oral dutasteride points to an inflammatory reaction on the background of androgenetic alopecia.
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