Pediatr. praxi. 2022;23(4):274-277 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2023.006
Clinicopathological and dermoscopic findings of rare scarring COVID-19 associated alopecia in a pediatric patient
- Klinika dermatovenerológie, Lekárska fakulta Univerzity Pavla Jozefa Šafárika a Univerzitná nemocnica L. Pasteura, Košice
The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic has brought many health problems that need to be solved, especially in acute stage of the disease. However, diagnoses belonging to the group of post-covid conditions are becoming more and more important. Cases of alopecia after overcoming COVID-19 disease such as telogen effluvium and alopecia areata have been described in the literature so far. In a short case report we demonstrate the development of a rare form of scarring alopecia in a 4-year-old patient after overcoming COVID-19 with mild course. We emphasize early diagnosis. Due to clinical similarity to other, nonscarring forms of alopecia, we point out the possibility of non-invasive trichoscopic diagnostics, which is currently gaining more and more importance in the pediatric population.
Keywords: alopecia, COVID-19, lichen planopilaris, trichoscopy, dermoscopy.
Accepted: August 17, 2022; Published: September 28, 2022 Show citation
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