• 作者：Natasha Atanaskova Mesinkovska ; MD ; PhD ; ^{natashadermatology@gmail.com" class="auth_mail} ; Nikoleta Brankov ; BS ; Melissa Piliang ; MD ; Angela Kyei ; MD ; Wilma F. Bergfeld ; MD
• 关键词：alopecia ; cicatricial alopecia ; hypothyroidism ; lichen planopilaris ; thyroid disease ; thyroiditis
• 刊名：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
• 出版年：May, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：70
• 期：5
• 页码：889-892
• 全文大小：101 K

Background

Objective

We sought to determine the prevalence of thyroid diseases in patients with LPP.

Methods

Medical records of 166 patients with LPP and 81 age- and gender-matched control subjects seen in the Department of Dermatology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio between 2000 and 2013 were reviewed.

Results

A diagnosis of thyroid disease was present in 34% (n聽= 57) of the 166 patients with LPP, and in 11% (n聽= 9) of the control subjects (P聽= .0001). When confined to hypothyroidism only, this disease was found in 29% (n聽= 48) of the patients with LPP and 9% (n聽= 7) of the control subjects (P聽= .0003).

Limitations

This study was limited by being retrospective.

Conclusion

In our patients, LPP was associated with thyroid disease, especially hypothyroidism.