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A New Technique for Quantitative Analysis of Hair Loss in Mice Using Grayscale Analysis
Published on: March 9, 2015
[Alopecia mucinosa]
Iván Cervigón-González1, Francisco Javier Manzanares, Constanza Bahillo
1Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital Virgen Salud, Toledo, España. icervigon@sescam.jccm.es
Abstract:
Epithelial mucinosis (follicular mucinosis) is a reactive histological pattern characterized by the accumulation of mucin in the infundibular, follicular, and sebaceous epithelium, that may occur in multiple skin conditions and cannot be considered a specific disease. Alopecia mucinosa is a clinicopathological entity with distinctive skin lesions, mucin deposits in the hair follicles and periadnexal lymphoid infiltrates. Three types of mucinous alopecia have been described: idiopathic, persistent or benign chronic, and associated to lymphoma. For some authors, these types of mucinous alopecia are not independent diseases, but rather represent variants of mycosis fungoides with epithelial mucinosis.
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