Lipedematous alopecia with mucinosis: report of the first case in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Jui-Hung Ko (Author), Yi-Chin Shih (Author), Cheng Hong Toh (Author), Hua-En Lee (Author), Tseng-tong Kuo (Author), Rosaline Chung-Yee Hui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lipedematous alopecia is an uncommon disease that mainly affects African American and Egyptian women. This report is of an 18-year-old Taiwanese woman who presented with asymptomatic boggy and thickened scalp for 10 years. In the last 6 months, there was diffuse hair loss on the affected scalp witho...