A Case of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated with Alopecia Universalis.
- Author:
Sung Wook PARK
1
;
Seon Wook HWANG
;
Sang Suk LEE
;
Han Young WANG
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Inje University School of Medicine, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis;
Alopecia universalis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Alopecia Areata;
Alopecia*;
Arthritis, Juvenile*;
Hair;
Humans;
Male
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2000;38(6):816-817
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We observed a 25-year-old male patient who had developed juvenile rheumatoid arthritis(RA) associated with alopecia areata at 14 years of age. When he received treatment for RA, his symptoms of RA and hair loss improved at approximately the same time. One year later, as the symptoms of RA aggravated, the hair loss had progressed eventually to alopecia universalis(AU). Thus we suggest that RA and AU may be associated with a common immunologic factor in etiology of the two diseases.
