Ocular Finding in Alopecia Areata

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Mots clés

Abstrait

Alopecia areata (AA) is a common, idiopathic and sometimes recurrent non-scarring type of hair loss.

Several etiological factors, including psychological, trauma-related, genetic and autoimmune factors have been considered as possible etiological factors . A T cell-mediated autoimmune mechanism in genetically vulnerable individuals is the most acceptable etiology.

Alopecia areata presents clinically with well demarcated patches of non cicatricial hair loss in any hair bearing area with no remarkable gender preference.

Although AA may occur at any age, incidence is high among younger age groups. In fact, it is the most common form of alopecia seen in children. Various clinical patterns of alopecia have been described as patchy, diffuse, reticulate, ophiasis and ophiasis inversus. Depending on the extent of hair loss, it can be classified into alopecia subtotalis, alopecia totalis (complete loss of scalp hair), and alopecia universalis (complete loss of body hair).

National Alopecia Areata Foundation has devised "Severity of Alopecia Tool Score" (SALT score) as a measure of disease severity. Scalp is divided into 4 areas, namely, Vertex-40% of scalp surface area; right and left profiles-18% each and posterior scalp aspect-24%. SALT score is the sum of percentage of hair loss in the above mentioned areas.

La description

Alopecia areata is now considered a systemic autoimmune disease that may have other serious comorbidities, such as cardiovascular and ocular. However, the results of studies of ocular findings in AA are controversial.

Several ocular alterations have been previously reported in patients with AA ranging from minor punctate opacities to cataract. However, there are contrasting opinions on the significance of these lenticular changes. In addition, Horner syndrome, pupil ectopia, iris atrophy, fundus changes , bilateral keratoconus, iris changes and retinal changes have been reported in AA.

Dermoscopy is a noninvasive, diagnostic tool which visualizes subtle patterns of skin lesions not normally visible to the unaided eye. Characteristic dermoscopic finding of AA included black dots , tapering hair corresponding to " exclamation mark hairs " , broken hairs , yellow dots , and clustered short vellus hairs ( shorter than 10 mm).

Since ocular affection can be a profound morbidity factor in patients with AA, we will search deeply in this study about this correlation in order to conclude the value of ocular screening in each and every patient with AA.

Rendez-vous

Dernière vérification:	04/30/2017
Première soumission:	05/14/2017
Inscription estimée soumise:	05/14/2017
Première publication:	05/15/2017
Dernière mise à jour soumise:	05/14/2017
Dernière mise à jour publiée:	05/15/2017
Date de début réelle de l'étude:	06/30/2017
Date d'achèvement primaire estimée:	06/30/2019
Date estimée d'achèvement de l'étude:	12/31/2019

Condition ou maladie

Hair Loss

Phase

Critère d'éligibilité

Sexes éligibles à l'étude	All
Méthode d'échantillonnage	Non-Probability Sample
Accepte les bénévoles en santé	Oui
Critères	Inclusion Criteria: - patients of alopecia areata will be recruited from the Dermatology Outpatients' Clinic, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with documented eye disease. 2. Patients with any systemic illness. 3. Patients who received any systemic treatment with possible ocular implications in the last three months.

Résultat

Mesures des résultats primaires

1. the number of patient with occular affection in alopecia areata [2 years]

percentage

Mesures des résultats secondaires

1. correlate dermoscopic finding with disease severity and ocular finding [2 years]

Ocular Finding in Alopecia Areata

Mots clés

atrophie

alopécie areata

alopécie

kératocône

cataracte