VARIABLE CLINICAL FEATURES OF TEMPORAL TRIANGULAR ALOPECIA

GÜLDEHAN ATIŞ, GAYE GÜLDİKEN, AYŞENUR ŞAM SARI

Journal of the Turkish Academy of Dermatology - 2023;17(1):31-34

Istanbul Goztepe Prof. Dr. Suleyman Yalcın State Hospital, Clinic of Dermatology, Istanbul, Turkey

 

Temporal triangular alopecia (TTA), in other words congenital triangular alopecia, is an asymptomatic, non-cicatricial, permanent type of alopecia. Although it is often localized unilaterally in the frontotemporal region, it can occur bilaterally. Despite various associations with TTA have been reported, its association with sebaceous nevus has not been reported so far. In this article, we aim to report a possible association between TTA and sebaceous nevus and to report a pinkish background as a trichoscopic finding of TTA in addition to previously described trichoscopic findings.