Pseudopelade of Brocq is a flesh- to pink-colored, irregularly shaped
alopecia
Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body. Typically at least the head is involved. The severity of hair loss can vary from a small area to the entire body. Inflammation or scar ...
that may begin in a moth-eaten pattern with eventual coalescence into larger patches of alopecia.
[Freedberg, et al. (2003). ''Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine''. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. .][James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Saunders. .]
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Cicatricial alopecia
Scarring hair loss, also known as cicatricial alopecia, is the loss of hair which is accompanied with scarring. This is in contrast to non scarring hair loss.
It can be caused by a diverse group of rare disorders that destroy the hair follicle, ...
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Louis-Anne-Jean Brocq
Louis-Anne-Jean Brocq (1 February 1856 – 18 December 1928) was a French dermatologist born in Laroque-Timbaut, a village in the department of Lot-et-Garonne.
He practiced medicine in Paris at the Hospice la Rochefoucauld, the Hôpital Broca, an ...
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List of cutaneous conditions
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Conditions of the skin appendages
{{Disorders of skin appendages