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Med Cutan Iber Lat Am 2010; 38 (5)

Red lunulae in alopecia areata

Pérez TB, Sánchez AB, Marinero ES, Arsuaga AC, Polimón OI, Fernández LP

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 207-209
PDF size: 107.70 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Red lunulae have been observed excepcionally in alopecia areata. We describe a 23-year-old girl with a multifocal alopecia areata of one year evolution which progress to a totalis. Few weeks later, we can observe red lunulae in all fingernails and both great toenails. Pathogenesis of red lunulae is uncertain. They usually appear shortly after the acute onset of hair loss and disappear slowly leaving, in some cases, Beau´s lines.


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