Lipedematous alopecia, an entity on the rise

A 59-year-old Afro-American woman presented with a gradual loss of hair and scalp pruritus for the last year. The complementary tests revealed a scalp thickness of 10,1mm and a punch biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of a lipedematous alopecia. This, together with lipedematous scalp, are uncommon clinicopathologic entities of unknow etiology.