FOLLICULAR MUCINOSIS

Resumen

Pinkus is credited with reporting the original description of patients with follicular mucinosis or alopecia mucinosa. The latter term is an clinical one that describes not only the deposition of mucin beginning in the outer root sheath and sebaceous apparatus of hair follicles but also the alopecia that results from this process. Since this earliest description, various studies have been undertaken to better define this entity and to determine the proper classification for this process.