Alopecia neoplastica inducing underlying lytic skull metastasis
Alopecia neoplastica is a rare type of cutaneous metastasis. The most frequent presentation consists of red-violaceous nodular scarring alopecia located at the parietal area. The most frequent primary tumor locations are the breast and gastrointestinal tract. We report a case of alopecia neoplastica...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Alopecia neoplastica is a rare type of cutaneous metastasis. The most frequent presentation consists of red-violaceous nodular scarring alopecia located at the parietal area. The most frequent primary tumor locations are the breast and gastrointestinal tract. We report a case of alopecia neoplastica that induced an underlying lytic bone metastasis. After a rigorous literature search, we could not find another case showing this mechanism. |
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| Item Description: | 0019-5154 1998-3611 10.4103/ijd.ijd_991_20 |