New onset of alopecia areata in a patient with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection: Possible pathogenetic correlations?

Keywords: alopecia areata; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 EN alopecia areata COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 2004 2005 2 06/23/21 20210701 NES 210701 Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread across the globe from December 2019 determining the current pandemic. Only two previous cases of new-onset AA after SARS-CoV-2 infection have been described,2,3 and our report is the third published case of new-onset AA in a COVID-19 patient, and the second one with total distribution. Stress is one of the most common trigger exacerbating or inducing AA; thus, cases of AA in individuals with COVID-19 could be a consequence of the psychological distress related to the infection. [Extracted from the article]