Essential syphilitic alopecia revisited

Daniel W. Cuozzo; Paul M. Benson; Leonard C. Sperling; Henry G. Skelton

doi:10.1016/0190-9622(95)91543-5

Essential syphilitic alopecia revisited

Daniel W. Cuozzo^*, Paul M. Benson, Leonard C. Sperling, Henry G. Skelton

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Abstract

There has been a resurgence of syphilis in the past decade. Uncommonly, diffuse hair loss, termed essential alopecia, is the only sign of syphilitic infection. We describe two patients with syphilis in whom the first sign of disease was alopecia and discuss the clinical and histopathologic findings of essential syphilitic alopecia.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	840-843
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume	32
Issue number	5 PART 2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0190-9622(95)91543-5
State	Published - May 1995
Externally published	Yes

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