Temporal Triangular Alopecia, Alopecia - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

temporal triangular alopecia alopecia

Body Site

scalp

Age

9 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

skin color

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This healthy 9-year-old girl had symmetric triangular patches of decreased hair density extending from the lateral frontal scalp hair line to the mid parietal scalp. Although the patches grew with child, they were otherwise unchanged since birth.

Description

bilateral frontoparietal triangular patches of sparse hair

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2/28/2005 22:29:04

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