Hyperlipidemia and lipedematous scalp

Bukhari, Iqbal A.; Mulhim, Fatma Al; Hoqail, Rola Al

doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2004.484

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“…, was a 32‐year‐old Korean woman who showed diffuse swelling of the scalp without apparent hair loss 2 . The other reported cases of LS included a 51‐year‐old white woman, 3 a 57‐year‐old Saudi woman, 4 a 48‐year‐old white woman, 5 and a 55‐year‐old black woman 6 . The term of lipedematous alopecia (LA) was first used in 1965 by Coskey et al.…”

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Lipedematous scalp and lipedematous alopecia: Report of three cases in white adults

Yaşar¹,

Mansur²,

Göktay³

et al. 2007

The Journal of Dermatology

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Lipedematous scalp (LS) and lipedematous alopecia (LA) are rare conditions of unknown etiology characterized by a thick and boggy scalp due to increase in the subcutaneous fat layer. Besides the changes in the texture of skin, varying degrees of hair loss are seen in patients with LA. In this report, we present two cases with LA and one case with LS in white adults. On examination, a boggy and soft swelling of the scalp was detected in all patients. In addition, the patients with LA had alopecic areas over the boggy scalp. Histopathologic examinations of skin biopsy specimens and magnetic resonance imaging of the scalp showed increased thickness of subcutaneous fat tissue in all patients. The exact etiopathogenesis of LA and LS remain unknown. These conditions may be either reactive or compansatory responses versus yet undetected stimuli, or represent a genetic tendency. Both of the these entities have been initially reported mostly in adult black females, however, we believe that LA and LS may well occur in white subjects and may be more widespread and frequently observed than previously supposed.

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Lipedematous scalp and lipedematous alopecia: Report of three cases in white adults

Yaşar¹,

Mansur²,

Göktay³

et al. 2007

The Journal of Dermatology

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“…Others relate alopecia to compression of the superficial blood capillaries by the increased volume of the subcutaneous fat layer within the thickened scalp. In the present case the scalp thickness was 8-9 mm in the high occipitoparietal region compared to 21.1-16.9 mm in 2003 with subcutaneous fat layer reduced significantly to 6 mm after it was 19.2 mm [3]. We could not explain the resolution of the condition except that it is spontaneous.…”

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“…Currently, there is no effective treatment for LS but surgical treatment and oral mycophenolate mofetil were documented to to be effective in LA as single case reports [1,2]. Here we report the first case in the medical literature of spontaneous resolution of lipedematous scalp in a patient whom we diagnosed and reported in 2004 to have Lipedematous scalp [3].…”

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“…Clinically both present as soft, spongy or doughy scalp on palpation initially localized at the vertex and occipital areas and slowly expand to involve the entire scalp. There may be associated symptoms of pain, paresthesias, headache, burning sensations, tenderness, or pruritus [3]. There are 50 published cases of LS and LA in the literature with female predominance and mean age of onset of 42 years [3][4][5].…”

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“…There may be associated symptoms of pain, paresthesias, headache, burning sensations, tenderness, or pruritus [3]. There are 50 published cases of LS and LA in the literature with female predominance and mean age of onset of 42 years [3][4][5]. Magnetic resonance imaging is the best diagnostic method with deep incisional biopsy [6].…”

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Spontaneous Resolution of Lipedematous Scalp after 13 Years

Bukhari¹,

Bagatadah²

2016

J Dermatol Plast Surg

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Lipedematous scalp and lipedematous alopecia is characterized by the localized accumulation of fatty tissue in the subcutaneous layer of the scalp. However, there is no effective treatment for this slowly progressing condition. Here we report the first case in the medical literature of spontaneous resolution of lipedematous scalp in a patient whom we diagnosed and reported in 2004 to have Lipedematous scalp.

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