Cicatricial alopecia associated with pemphigus

Roberto D'Astolto; Chiara Zangrando; Claudio Feliciani

doi:10.4081/dr.2023.9653

Pemphigus is a chronic autoimmune bullous disease associated with the production of autoantibodies directed against desmosomal proteins, such as desmogleins 1 and 3. Here, we present the case of an 83-year-old woman who was referred to us with suspicious cicatricial alopecia of the scalp and a small, eroded lesion on the forehead, previously labeled as atrophic actinic keratosis after a skin biopsy. In our clinic, after a careful examination of the case, we decided to perform two new skin biopsies of the scalp on suspicion of an inflammatory disease.

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D'Astolto, R., Zangrando, C., & Feliciani, C. (2023). Cicatricial alopecia associated with pemphigus. Dermatology Reports, 15(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2023.9653