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Vishwanath T, Dhurat R. Cross-sectional study to evaluate the utility of elastic tissue staining in primary cicatricial alopecia. J Clin Pathol 2023:jcp-2022-208745. [PMID: 37553248 DOI: 10.1136/jcp-2022-208745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Diagnosing end-stage primary cicatricial alopecia (PCA) on routine histology is challenging since the major diagnostic feature (inflammatory infiltrate) may be minimal or absent. This study aimed to assess various staining patterns and diagnostic utility of elastic tissue staining by Verhoeff-Van Gieson (VVG) method and trichoscopy in PCA. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. METHODS Fifty-three patients clinically diagnosed with PCA underwent biopsy and trichoscopy in this cross-sectional study. Clinically active edge, if present, was biopsied. Twenty serial tissue sections were stained using H&E and VVG stain. Clinicopathological diagnoses were lichen planopilaris (LPP), discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE), folliculitis decalvans and unclassified PCA (UPCA) in 30 (56.6%), 11 (20.75%), 1 (1.9%) and 11 (20.75%) patients, respectively. Utility of VVG stain was ascertained considering clincopathological correlation (CPC) as the reference standard. Association of characteristic trichoscopic and VVG staining patterns was ascertained. RESULTS Diagnostic definition was achieved on VVG staining in 19/30 sections of LPP (wedge-shaped pattern) with 63.33% sensitivity; 7/11 cases of DLE (absent upper and mid dermal elastic fibres) with 63.64% sensitivity and 7/11 cases of UPCA (wedge-shaped pattern-3/7; recoil pattern-4/7). Routine histology suggested diagnosis only in 13/53 sections (24.52%). However, diagnosis on VVG staining corresponded with diagnosis on CPC in 33/53 cases (62.3%). Comparison of H&E versus VVG stain both overall and in the LPP and UPCA cohorts proved utility of VVG staining using Fisher's exact test (p<0.05). Statistical significance was also noted when trichoscopy was correlated with patterns on VVG staining (p<0.05). CONCLUSION Increased diagnostic yield is noted with trichoscopy and VVG stain in PCA especially when routine histopathology is non-diagnostic.
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- Tejas Vishwanath
- Department of Dermatology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Pinto D, Calabrese FM, De Angelis M, Celano G, Giuliani G, Rinaldi F. Lichen Planopilaris: The first biopsy layer microbiota inspection. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0269933. [PMID: 35849580 PMCID: PMC9292073 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Lichen Planopilaris (LPP) is a lymphatic disease affecting the scalp that is characterized by a chronic and destructive inflammation process, named as ‘cicatricial alopecia’ in which the hair follicles are targeted and may involve predominantly lymphocytes or neutrophils. Scalp and biopsy layers have never been used to investigate microbial community composition and its relative taxa abundances in LPP. We sought to examine the significant taxa of this chronic relapsing inflammatory skin disease, together with inspect the existing connections with metabolic pathways featuring this microbial community. We used a multilevel analysis based on 16S rRNA marker sequencing in order to detect OTU abundances in pathologic/healthy samples, real time PCR for measuring the levels of IL-23 interleukin expression and urinary metabolomics to find out volatile organic metabolites (VOMs). By using a linear regression model, we described peculiar taxa that significantly differentiated LPP and healthy samples. We inspected taxa abundances and interleukin mRNA levels and the Microbacteriaceae family resulted negatively correlated with the IL-23 expression. Moreover, starting from 16S taxa abundances, we predicted the metabolic pathways featuring this microbial community. By inspecting microbial composition, sample richness, metabolomics profiles and the relative metabolic pathways in a cohort of LPP and healthy samples we deepened the contribution of significant taxa that are connected to inflammation maintenance and microbiota plasticity in LPP pathology.
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- Daniela Pinto
- Human Advanced Microbiome Project-HMAP, Milan, Italy
- * E-mail: (DP); (FMC)
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, “Aldo Moro” University, Bari, Bari, Italy
- * E-mail: (DP); (FMC)
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, “Aldo Moro” University, Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, “Aldo Moro” University, Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Human Advanced Microbiome Project-HMAP, Milan, Italy
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Graham-Little-Piccardi-Lassueur Syndrome: Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature. ACTA MEDICA BULGARICA 2020. [DOI: 10.2478/amb-2020-0047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Graham-Little-Piccardi-Lassueur syndrome (GLPLS) is a rare syndrome characterized by the triad of cicatricial alopecia of the scalp, non-cicatricial alopecia of the axilla and groin and follicular lichen planus eruptions on the trunk and extremities. GLPLS is considered to be a variant of lichen planopilaris. We report two cases that have fulfilled all of the criteria for GLPLS. The first case was a 71-year-old woman, admitted to the Department of Dermatology for pruritic perifollicullar erythema and scaling of the scalp, cicatricial scalp alopecia and hair loss of the axilla and pubic region for five months. Subsequently, follicular hyperkeratotic eruptions and hyperpigmented macules on the skin of the chest and abdomen appeared. The second case was a 48-year-old man with pruritic follicular papules on the face, trunk and extremities for four months. All of the laboratory examinations in both patients were within normal limits. No alternation in the general condition of the patients was observed. Histological examinations in both patients confirmed the diagnosis GLPLS. The patients were treated with systemic and local corticosteroid resulting in marked improvement of the skin lesions; however, cicatricial scalp alopecia showed no response to the treatment.
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Silva LMA, Hsieh R, Lourenço SV, Ottoni V, Valente N, Fernandes JD. Immunoexpression of adhesion molecules during human fetal hair development. Histol Histopathol 2020; 35:911-917. [PMID: 32364615 DOI: 10.14670/hh-18-224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Hair follicles are produced in a cyclical manner and the machinery involved in the reproduction of these follicles is present since the fetal stage. Although extensive research has been done on the human hair follicle, very little is known about the importance of adhesion molecules in its development. MATERIAL AND METHODS We analyzed here, the immunoexpression of beta-1 integrin, p-cadherin, e-cadherin, and beta-catenin in hair follicles from 26 formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded skin samples from human embryos and fetus between 12-23 weeks of gestational age. RESULTS The adhesion molecules beta-1 integrin and e-cadherin/p-cadherin were expressed from 12 weeks and seemed to play a role in regulating epidermis invagination. Beta-catenin immunostaining was negative in all cases; down regulation of this protein may be necessary for fetal hair development and thus facilitating hair follicle down growth. DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION Adhesion molecules are essential for hair follicle down growth and proliferation; integrins and cadherins play a major role in this process. More studies are needed to describe hair follicle development.
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- Laura Maria Andrade Silva
- Postgraduate Program in Medicine and Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil.
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- Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo -IMT- University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo -IMT- University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Dermatopathology Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Medicine and Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
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Baquerizo Nole KL, Nusbaum B, Pinto GM, Miteva M. Lichen Planopilaris in the Androgenetic Alopecia Area: A Pitfall for Hair Transplantation. Skin Appendage Disord 2015; 1:49-53. [PMID: 27171849 DOI: 10.1159/000381588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Classic lichen planopilaris (LPP) is a patchy form of primary lymphocytic cicatricial alopecia localized on the vertex of the scalp. It is important, however, to be aware of other, less recognized presentations that may be missed without dermatoscopy and pathology. METHODS AND RESULTS We report 26 patients with LPP presenting with subtle erythema and scaling colocalized in the area of patterned thinning (androgenetic alopecia, AGA). All patients had been treated for seborrheic dermatitis in the past. Dermatoscopy showed the presence of 2-4 hairs emerging as a tuft from the same ostium surrounded by erythema, peripilar casts and interfollicular scaling associated with hair miniaturization. Histopathology obtained from those areas corresponded to LPP with concomitant follicular miniaturization. CONCLUSION Subtle or focal cases of LPP may be missed for seborrheic dermatitis when overlapping with AGA. Dermatoscopy-guided biopsy from the affected scalp is the best approach to make a timely diagnosis. This is particularly important in patients with AGA evaluated to undergo hair transplantation, as active LPP is a contraindication for these patients.
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- Department of Dermatology, Santa Casa Hospital and Ambulatory of Sanitary Dermatology, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Department of Dermatology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Fla., USA
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d'Ovidio R, Rossi A, Di Prima TM. Therapeutic hotline. Effectiveness of the association of cetirizine and topical steroids in lichen planus pilaris--an open-label clinical trial. Dermatol Ther 2011; 23:547-52. [PMID: 20868410 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2010.01359.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Lichen planus is considered a T cell-mediated immunological disease. Even mast cells may contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease. Keratinocytes of the basal layer of the skin and/or the hair follicle may represent the "target/victim" of an immune aggression, determining the destruction of the hair follicle and thus scarring alopecia. Therefore, there is a compelling urgency for effective treatment of this potentially disfiguring dermatosis. Our data provide a further therapeutic opportunity: the use of an antihistaminic drug--cetirizine (CTZ)--in an "anti-inflammatory" regimen. We propose the use of CTZ at the dosage of 30 mg/daily. Twenty-one patients affected by lichen planus pilaris (LPP) of the scalp have been treated. Topical application of steroids has been coadministered in all cases during the therapy. Clinical effects, in the sense of stabilization with cessation of the inflammation (erythema, follicular hyperkeratosis, loss of anagen hair), were achieved in all patients but three. One patient developed cardiac arrhythmia after 3 months of successful treatment and dropped out. Our cases indicate that a combined therapy of topical steroid with CTZ can be a safe and effective choice even in severe cases of lichen planus pilaris, so often refractory to the therapy.
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- Roberto d'Ovidio
- AIDA-Tricologia and Clinica Dermatologica, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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BACKGROUND Lichen planopilaris (LPP) is an inflammatory disease that affects the scalp and tends to produce cicatricial alopecia. The inflammatory process frequently results in the disruption of the basal cell of the external root sheath of the hair follicle. OBJECTIVES To investigate the alterations in the basement membrane zone (BMZ) in LPP by immunohistochemistry. METHODS Skin biopsies from six patients with LPP plus six normal controls were studied by immunohistochemistry with antibodies to the following BMZ components: cytokeratin 5, cytokeratin 14, BP230 (bullous pemphigoid), BP180, plectin, laminin 5, collagen IV and collagen VII. RESULTS The localization and staining of the hemidesmosome, laminin and collagen components were strikingly different in the inflamed follicular epithelium when compared to the uninvolved follicles or interfollicular epithelium in active LPP lesions. The hemidesmosome-associated complexes were weakly expressed and discontinuous in involved hair follicles. The expression of laminin-5, type IV collagen and type VII collagen was disrupted and not linear along the BMZ with finger-like projections of the staining protruding into the dermis. The expression of the intermediate filaments was normal. CONCLUSION These alterations in the BMZ in LPP may explain the abnormal healing at follicular level which leads to irreversible hair loss and scarring in this condition.
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- K Al-Refu
- Faculty of Medicine/Internal Medicine Department, Mutah University, Karak, Jordan.
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Lichen planopilaris (LPP), a follicular form of lichen planus, is a rare inflammatory lymphocyte mediated disorder. Although the physiopathology is unclear, an autoimmune etiology is generally accepted. Women are affected more than men, and the typical age of onset is between 40 and 60 years. LLP is a primary cicatricial alopecia whose diagnosis is supported in the early stage by both clinical and histopathological findings. Within the margins of the expanding areas of perifollicular violaceous erythema and acuminate keratotic plugs, the histology can show the lichenoid perifollicular inflammation. LPP can be subdivided into 3 variants: classic LPP, frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA), and Lassueur Graham-Little Piccardi syndrome. With the exception of FFA, the hairless patches of the scalp can be unique or can occur in multiples and can present with a reticular pattern or as large areas of scarring. This condition can have major psychological consequences for the affected patients. The therapeutic management often is quite challenging, as relapses are common after local or systemic treatments. Further research is needed on the pathogenesis, and randomized controlled trials of treatment with scientific evaluation of the results are necessary to appreciate the proposed treatment.
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Patzelt A, Knorr F, Blume-Peytavi U, Sterry W, Lademann J. Hair follicles, their disorders and their opportunities. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ddmec.2008.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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