Repigmentation of gray hair in lesions of annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma
Angel Fernandez-Flores1, Jose A Manjon
1Department of Anatomic Pathology, Hospital El Bierzo,Medicos Sin Fronteras 7, 24411 Ponferrada, Spain. dermatopathonline@gmail.com.
Cutis
|August 6, 2015
Abstract:
Hair pigmentation is a complex phenomenon that involves many hormones, neurotransmitters, cytokines, growth factors, eicosanoids, cyclic nucleotides, nutrients, and a physicochemical milieu. We report a case of repigmentation of gray hairs in lesions of annular elastolytic giant cell granuloma (AEGCG) on the scalp of a 67-year-old man.
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