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Essential syphilitic alopecia revisited

  • Daniel W. Cuozzo*
  • , Paul M. Benson
  • , Leonard C. Sperling
  • , Henry G. Skelton
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)840-843
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology
Volume32
Issue number5 PART 2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1995
Externally publishedYes

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