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Follicular Mucinosis (Alopecia Mucinosa)

Follicular Mucinosis (Alopecia Mucinosa) Abstract Alopecia mucinosa is a disease of unknown etiology, characterized clinically by plaques of folliculopapules and histologically by mucinosis of the pilosebaceous unit. Although Kreibich1 had reported a single case in 1926 and Lehner and Szodoray2 did so in 1939, Pinkus3 in 1957 was first to regard the condition as an entity and propose its name. Since alopecia is not always apparent or prominent, the condition may be more appropriately called "follicular mucinosis," as suggested by Jablonska and associates.4 Although only some 45 cases have been reported in the literature,1-17 it is likely that this condition is not uncommon, because in the majority of cases it is of little consequence symptomatically and so may be regarded as merely one of the follicular papulosquamous dermatoses. At the present time, some would consider follicular mucinosis a degenerative mucinosis of the pilosebaceous unit whose etiology is yet unknown. While References 1. Kreibich, C.: Mucin bei Hauterkrankung , Arch. Derm. u. Syph. 150:243-248, 1926.Crossref 2. Lehner, E., and Szodoray, L.: Ein ungewöhnlicher, sich durch entzündliches Follicularödem auszeichnender Hautausschlag , Derm. Wschr. 108: 679-685 ( (June) ) 1939. 3. Pinkus, H.: Alopecia Mucinosa: Inflammatory Plaques with Alopecia Characterized by Root-Sheath Mucinosis , A.M.A. Arch. Derm. 76:419-426 ( (Oct.) ) 1957.Crossref 4. Jablonska, S.; Chorzelski, T., and Lancucki, J.: Mucinosis follicularis , Hautarzt 10:27-33 ( (Jan.) ) 1959. 5. Johnson, W. C.; Higdon, R. S., and Helwig, E. B.: Alopecia Mucinosa , A.M.A. Arch. Derm. 79:395-406 ( (April) ) 1959.Crossref 6. Kopf, A. W., and Steagall, R.: Alopecia Mucinosa , A.M.A. Arch. Derm. 79:488-490 ( (April) ) 1959. 7. Braun-Falco, O.: Mucophanerosis intrafollicularis et seboglandularis , Derm. Wschr. 136: 1289-1303, 1957. 8. Zackheim, H. S.: Alopecia Mucinosa: Report of a Case with a Grouped Papular Eruption and Alopecia of the Scalp , A.M.A. Arch. Derm. 78:715-722 ( (Dec.) ) 1958.Crossref 9. Martin-Scott, I.: Alopecia Mucinosa (Pinkus) , Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 51:322-323 ( (May) ) 1958. 10. Stevenson, C. J.: Alopecia Mucinosa (Pinkus) , Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 52:368-370 ( (May) ) 1959. 11. Findlay, G. H., and Loewenthal, L. J. A.: Alopecia Mucinosa with Eosinophil Granuloma, Lichen Spinulosus and Chancriform Lesions , Dermatologica (Basel) 120: 263-274 ( (May) ) 1960.Crossref 12. Woringer, F.; Chapuis, J.-L., and Bouteille, H.: Mucinose folliculaire , Bull. Soc. Franc. Derm. Syph. 66:273-280 ( (June) -July) 1959. 13. Degos, R.; Bazex, A.; Garnier, G.; Civatte, J., and Dupré, A.: Mucinose folliculaire ("alopecia mucinosa" de Pinkus) , Bull. Soc. Franc. Derm. Syph. 66:626-629 ( (Nov.) -Dec.) 1959. 14. Degos, R.; Lorat-Jacob, E., and Civatte, J.: Mucinose folliculaire (Alopécie mucineuse de Pinkus) lésion débutante , Bull. Soc. Franc. Derm. Syph. 67:495-496 ( (June) -July) 1960. 15. Degos, R.; Sidi, E.; Civatte, J., and Hincky, M.: Mucinose folliculaire (alopécie mucineuse): Discussion d'une hématodermie , Bull. Soc. Franc. Derm. Syph. 68:10-11 ( (Jan.) -March) 1961. 16. Jenkins, J. H., and Orkin, M.: Alopecia Mucinosa , Arch. Derm. 82:845-846 ( (Nov.) ) 1960.Crossref 17. Haber, H.: Follicular Mucinosis (Alopecia Mucinosa, Pinkus) , Brit. J. Derm. 73:313-322 ( (Aug.) -Sept.) 1961.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Dermatology American Medical Association

Follicular Mucinosis (Alopecia Mucinosa)

KIM, ROBERT; WINKELMANN, R. K.
Archives of Dermatology , Volume 85 (4) – Apr 1, 1962
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Abstract Alopecia mucinosa is a disease of unknown etiology, characterized clinically by plaques of folliculopapules and histologically by mucinosis of the pilosebaceous unit. Although Kreibich1 had reported a single case in 1926 and Lehner and Szodoray2 did so in 1939, Pinkus3 in 1957 was first to regard the condition as an entity and propose its name. Since alopecia is not always apparent or prominent, the condition may be more appropriately called "follicular mucinosis," as suggested by Jablonska and associates.4 Although only some 45 cases have been reported in the literature,1-17 it is likely that this condition is not uncommon, because in the majority of cases it is of little consequence symptomatically and so may be regarded as merely one of the follicular papulosquamous dermatoses. At the present time, some would consider follicular mucinosis a degenerative mucinosis of the pilosebaceous unit whose etiology is yet unknown. While References 1. Kreibich, C.: Mucin bei Hauterkrankung , Arch. Derm. u. Syph. 150:243-248, 1926.Crossref 2. Lehner, E., and Szodoray, L.: Ein ungewöhnlicher, sich durch entzündliches Follicularödem auszeichnender Hautausschlag , Derm. Wschr. 108: 679-685 ( (June) ) 1939. 3. Pinkus, H.: Alopecia Mucinosa: Inflammatory Plaques with Alopecia Characterized by Root-Sheath Mucinosis , A.M.A. Arch. Derm. 76:419-426 ( (Oct.) ) 1957.Crossref 4. Jablonska, S.; Chorzelski, T., and Lancucki, J.: Mucinosis follicularis , Hautarzt 10:27-33 ( (Jan.) ) 1959. 5. Johnson, W. C.; Higdon, R. S., and Helwig, E. B.: Alopecia Mucinosa , A.M.A. Arch. Derm. 79:395-406 ( (April) ) 1959.Crossref 6. Kopf, A. W., and Steagall, R.: Alopecia Mucinosa , A.M.A. Arch. Derm. 79:488-490 ( (April) ) 1959. 7. Braun-Falco, O.: Mucophanerosis intrafollicularis et seboglandularis , Derm. Wschr. 136: 1289-1303, 1957. 8. Zackheim, H. S.: Alopecia Mucinosa: Report of a Case with a Grouped Papular Eruption and Alopecia of the Scalp , A.M.A. Arch. Derm. 78:715-722 ( (Dec.) ) 1958.Crossref 9. Martin-Scott, I.: Alopecia Mucinosa (Pinkus) , Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 51:322-323 ( (May) ) 1958. 10. Stevenson, C. J.: Alopecia Mucinosa (Pinkus) , Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 52:368-370 ( (May) ) 1959. 11. Findlay, G. H., and Loewenthal, L. J. A.: Alopecia Mucinosa with Eosinophil Granuloma, Lichen Spinulosus and Chancriform Lesions , Dermatologica (Basel) 120: 263-274 ( (May) ) 1960.Crossref 12. Woringer, F.; Chapuis, J.-L., and Bouteille, H.: Mucinose folliculaire , Bull. Soc. Franc. Derm. Syph. 66:273-280 ( (June) -July) 1959. 13. Degos, R.; Bazex, A.; Garnier, G.; Civatte, J., and Dupré, A.: Mucinose folliculaire ("alopecia mucinosa" de Pinkus) , Bull. Soc. Franc. Derm. Syph. 66:626-629 ( (Nov.) -Dec.) 1959. 14. Degos, R.; Lorat-Jacob, E., and Civatte, J.: Mucinose folliculaire (Alopécie mucineuse de Pinkus) lésion débutante , Bull. Soc. Franc. Derm. Syph. 67:495-496 ( (June) -July) 1960. 15. Degos, R.; Sidi, E.; Civatte, J., and Hincky, M.: Mucinose folliculaire (alopécie mucineuse): Discussion d'une hématodermie , Bull. Soc. Franc. Derm. Syph. 68:10-11 ( (Jan.) -March) 1961. 16. Jenkins, J. H., and Orkin, M.: Alopecia Mucinosa , Arch. Derm. 82:845-846 ( (Nov.) ) 1960.Crossref 17. Haber, H.: Follicular Mucinosis (Alopecia Mucinosa, Pinkus) , Brit. J. Derm. 73:313-322 ( (Aug.) -Sept.) 1961.Crossref

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