alopecia areata. roundish, centrifugally and medially spreading, smooth, skin-coloured, hairless areas with preserved follicles. total foci from single foci formed by confluence. follicular structures clearly detectable.
Alopecia areata. roundish, centrifugally and medially spreading, smooth, hairless area with preserved follicles. in the active marginal area hairs can still be easily epilated.
Alopecia areata. roundish, centrifugally and medially spreading, smooth, hairless areas with preserved follicles. in the active marginal area hair can be pulled out in tufts. under internal steroid treatment with methylprednisolone for 4 weeks the hair loss stopped and re-growth in places occurred.
Alopecia areata: Still relapsing-active alopecia areata: Marginal area, cadaverized hair and exclamation mark-like hair, as a sign of the still existing progression of the process.
Alopecia areata: marginal area of an apparently no longer progressive alopecia areata. follicular structures detectable. no cadaverized hair stumps detectable.
Alopecia areata totalis: Complete loss of hair on the capillitium, eyebrows and eyelashes, encircling an area of skin where the hair follicles that have been preserved are clearly visible.
Alopecia areata (Grade 2-3): extensive loss of hair in the capillitium. at higher magnification, the preserved (hairless) follicles can be seen. preserved hair rings partly mark the grown alopecia foci. note individual re-grown pigment-free hairs
Alopecia areata (Grade 2-3): extensive loss of hair in the capillitium. at higher magnification, the preserved (hairless) follicles can be seen. preserved hair rings mark the grown alopecia foci at this point. note individual re-grown pigment-free hairs
Alopecia areata totalis: complete hair loss except for a few individual hairs; with greater enlargement, the preserved (hairless) follicles can be seen
Alopecia areata. 6 months of persistent focal alopecia of the right eyebrow in a 40-year-old patient with alopecia areata, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and atopic eczema.
Alopecia areata of the eyelashes: since 2 years recurrent loss of the eyelashes (here on the upper eyelid detectable), which grow back after a few months, but then fall out again.
Diffuse, whitish keratinization disorders of the toenails (especially the right big toe nail) in an 8-year-old girl of Turkish origin with alopeciaareata of unknown etiology.
alopecia areata. moderately pronounced, perifollicular, lymphocytic infiltrate with focal follicular infiltration. distinct reduction of the follicle (miniature follicle) with sparse keratin remains (middle part of the follicle). epidermis unchanged.
Please login to access all articles, images, and functions.
Our content is available exclusively to medical professionals. If you have already registered, please login. If you haven't, you can register for free (medical professionals only).
Please complete your registration to access all articles and images.
To gain access, you must complete your registration. You either haven't confirmed your e-mail address or we still need proof that you are a member of the medical profession.