Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 162-163 , January 2009

Alopecia areata incognita: True or false?

  • Adriana Rakowska, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Monika Slowinska, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Elzbieta Kowalska-Oledzka, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Malgorzata Olszewska, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Joanna Czuwara, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
    • Department of Pathology, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
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  • Lidia Rudnicka, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Centralny Szpital Kliniczny MSWiA, Warsaw, Poland
    • Dermatology Specialists (private practice), Warsaw, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lidia Rudnicka, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, CSK MSWiA, Woloska 137, 02-507 Warsaw, Poland

  • Image Result

    Trichoscopy in patients with “acute hair miniaturization.” A, Yellow dots, marked by blue stars, and thin, pigmented hairs between thick terminal hairs, marked by red arrows. B, The regrowth phase wit

    Trichoscopy in patients with “acute hair miniaturization.” A, Yellow dots, marked by blue stars, and thin, pigmented hairs between thick terminal hairs, marked by red arrows. B, The regrowth phase with tadpole-like hairs, marked by green arrows. (Original magnification: ×70.)

  • Image Result
    Histopathology of frontal area of the scalp in patients with “acute hair miniaturization,” vertical section. A, Miniaturized hair with follicular stellae in the subcutaneous fat. Keratinous material i

    Histopathology of frontal area of the scalp in patients with “acute hair miniaturization,” vertical section. A, Miniaturized hair with follicular stellae in the subcutaneous fat. Keratinous material in the follicular ostium may correspond to the “yellow dot” on dermoscopy. B, Sparse lymphocytic infiltrate at the base of the vellous hair. (Hematoxylin–eosin stain; original magnification: A, ×40; B, ×100.)

 Funding sources: None.

 Conflicts of interest: None declared.

PII: S0190-9622(08)01205-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.07.062

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume 60, Issue 1 , Pages 162-163 , January 2009

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