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Meenal Cascella1, Madeline Conlon2, David Lopez3
1Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Abstract:
Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a clinical variant of lichen planopilaris that presents as a chronic, scarring alopecia. An association between FFA and the autoimmune condition vitiligo has been rarely discussed in the literature, with most cases describing the occurrence of FFA after a long-standing history of vitiligo. We present a patient case of vitiligo developing after a diagnosis of frontal fibrosing alopecia and discuss the potential pathologic link between these two entities.
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