Alopecia mucinosa in Child
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Synopsis
The 3 clinical variants of the disease consist of the following: a primary acute disorder of young people, usually involving the face and scalp; a primary chronic disorder of older people, which can be generalized in distribution; and a secondary disorder associated with benign inflammatory conditions or malignant disease (lymphoma, usually folliculotropic mycosis fungoides), also usually seen in older people.
Pediatric cases are generally of the primary acute variant. In pediatric patients, lesions generally spontaneously resolve in a few months to a few years. Childhood alopecia mucinosa may rarely be associated with Hodgkin disease or mycosis fungoides.
Codes
L65.2 – Alopecia mucinosa
SNOMEDCT:
27382006 – Alopecia mucinosa
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Last Updated:07/20/2020