Nuchal nevus flammeus as a skin marker of prognosis in alopecia areata
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Hatzis, J.
Kostakis, P.
Tosca, A.
Parissis, N.
Nicolis, G.
Varelzidis, A.
Stratigos, J.
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Dermatologica
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In this work, the incidence of nuchal nevus flammeus was studied in 205 patients suffering from various forms of alopecia areata, as well as in a group of 555 volunteers without alopecia areata examined in our outpatient clinic. The incidence of nuchal nevus flammeus in the totalis-universalis form of alopecia areata was 58.2% (examined patients, n = 79), in ophiasis-extensive forms 22.8% (examined patients, n = 70) and in simple forms of alopecia areata 3.6% (examined patients, n = 56). In the group of 555 volunteers without alopecia areata the incidence of nuchal nevus flammeus was 4.5%. Our results show that nuchal nevus flammeus could be a valuable skin marker indicating a more severe course of alopecia areata.
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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alopecia Areata/*complications/pathology, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Hemangioma/*complications/epidemiology/pathology, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neck, Prognosis, Skin Neoplasms/*complications/epidemiology/pathology
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3169340
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής