Figure 3.52 A: Acquired triangular alopecia (Courtesy of Dr. Iris K. Aronson) B: Central centrifugal alopecia* C: Lichen planopilaris* *Courtesy of Dr. Sophie M. Worobec
(Figure 3.52C)
Presents commonly with alopecic patches with perifollicular erythema; ± tenderness or pruritus
Histology: lichenoid lymphocytes around affected follicles with vacuolar degeneration within affected infundibula, perifollicular fibrosis