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pseudopelade

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pseudopelade /pseu·do·pe·lade/ (-pe´lād) patchy alopecia roughly simulating alopecia areata; it may be due to various diseases of the hair follicles, some of which are associated with scarring.
pseu·do·pe·lade (sd-p-läd)
n.
A scarring type of alopecia, usually occurring in small areas and preceded by folliculitis.

pseudopelade
[-pelād′, -pē′lād]
a scarring type of alopecia, preceded by folliculitis, in which one or more areas of baldness may appear and spread to become joined, forming an area of smooth fingerlike projections that are slightly depressed in the skin.

pseudopelade [soo″do-pe´lād]
an uncommon type of alopecia characterized by the asymptomatic development of a distinctive scarlike patchy alopecia in adults.


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Examples of Primary alopecia include lichen planopilaris, pseudopelade of Brocq, central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia, discoid lupus erythematosus, folliculitis decalvans, and acne keloidalis.
 
 
 
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