Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Desmoplastic Melanoma.

Desmoplastic melanoma (DM) accounts for 0.4% to 4% of all melanomas. These skin tumors are mainly formed by amelanotic spindled melanocytes immersed in an abundant collagen stroma and are classified as pure when the desmoplastic component accounts for at least 90% of the invasive tumor and as mixed or combined otherwise.

Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia in Men: Presentations in 12 Cases and a Review of the Literature.

Background: Frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA) is a scarring disease in which the hairline recedes and the eyebrows can be affected. Usually seen in postmenopausal women, FFA is much less common in men.

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics of FFA in a case series of men and compare this series to those reported in the literature.