Original articleFrontal fibrosing alopecia: A review of 60 cases
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Methods
Case records of 60 patients with FFA attending a specialist hair clinic in Glasgow, United Kingdom, from January 2000 to June 2010 were examined. The diagnosis was made clinically in most and supported by histology in 15 cases.
Patient demographics and history
All patients were Caucasian women. The mean age at presentation was 64 years (range: 36-87 years) and mean duration at presentation was 3.4 years (range: 3 months-30 years). Four patients were given a diagnosis incidentally at general dermatology clinics. Mean age at onset was 60.4 years (range: 31-86 years). Most women were postmenopausal at onset, but 3 (5%) were not (age of onset of 34, 43, and 45 years). Two patients reported sudden-onset hair loss after bereavement. Table I shows the
Discussion
FFA may be underrecognized,3 supported by incidental presentation in 4 patients, however our impression of increasing incidence was confirmed on analysis of the proportion of cases seen annually (Table I). The cause for this apparent increase in incidence is unknown.
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