Depression of the frontal veins: A new clinical sign of frontal fibrosing alopecia Sergio Vañó-Galván, MD, PhD, Ana Rita Rodrigues-Barata, MD, Marta Urech, MD, Natalia Jiménez-Gómez, MD, David Saceda-Corralo, MD, John Paoli, MD, PhD, Jesús Cuevas, MD, PhD, Pedro Jaén, MD, PhD Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Volume 72, Issue 6, Pages 1087-1088 (June 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.02.1129 Copyright © 2015 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Frontal fibrosing alopecia. Clinical image of a 71-year-old woman with grade III FFA presenting with skin atrophy and depression of the frontal veins. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2015 72, 1087-1088DOI: (10.1016/j.jaad.2015.02.1129) Copyright © 2015 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Frontal fibrosing alopecia. Histopathologic findings of a biopsy from a depressed frontal vein in a patient with frontal fibrosing alopecia. Panoramic view: intense dermal atrophy and dermal fibrosis with a dilated vascular structure in the subcutaneous tissue corresponding to the frontal vein. An erector pili muscle can be observed in the dermis. (Hematoxylin-eosin stain.) Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 2015 72, 1087-1088DOI: (10.1016/j.jaad.2015.02.1129) Copyright © 2015 American Academy of Dermatology, Inc. Terms and Conditions