Clinical Features:

• Usual male-pattern baldness affecting predeominantly the vertex and bitemporal areas in men and presenting as milder, more difuse alopecia in women
• Rarely biopsied unless the presentation is unusual

Histologic Features:

• Miniaturized and increased vellous hairs
• Decrease in terminal hairs
• Increase in telogen hairs
• Increase in follicular stelae
• Often a mild to moderate perifollicular lymphohistiocytic infiltrate

External Links:

• Dermnet NZ
• Wikipedia

Cases associated with this book:

Androgenetic alopecia
Author: Stephen Lyle, M.D., Ph.D.

Conference: DermatopathologyConsultations.com Teaching Collection