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ORPHA:346Disease
What it is
A rare chronic inflammatory cicatricial alopecia of the scalp occurring in middle-aged adults and characterized by the development of alopecic patches with slowly centrifugal spread predominantly in the vertex and occipital area of the scalp, associated with perifollicular erythema, follicular pustules and hemorrhagic crusts.
Key facts
- Age of onset
- Adult
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Disease
Signs and symptoms
Very common80–99%
6These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
ICD-10 codes
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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