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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Pseudopelade of Brocq
Introduction

Inflammatory and scarring alopecia; late stage of lichen planopilaris

Clinical signs
  • location: usually top of the head
  • irregular atrophic areas with permanent loss of hair
  • focuses of ininvolved hair separate alopetic areas
  • no scaling, no clinical signs of inflammation in terminal lesions
Pictures
Histology

Perifollicular lichenoid inflammation of the upper parts of hair follicles, then destruction and fibrosis of remnants of hair follicles.