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Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Diffuse and Focal) Differential ... to Skin Disease ... Diffuse #Focal #HairLoss ... #Alopecia #dermatology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
to Skin Disease ... syphilis #HairLoss ... Focal #Localized #dermatology ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... chordae Severe mitral ... dysplastic MV leaflets Secondary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
) Causes of primary ... Rheumatic heart disease ... valve - Secondary ... #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... leakage of RBC's secondary ... Thrombocytopenia: ITP • Secondary ... CTD (SLE) - Viral ... #nonpalpable #dermatology
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... Capitis - Skin Disease ... of any comorbid disease ... #Diagnosis #dermatology ... #Hairloss
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
; possible secondary ... presentation & look for secondary ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... patella #clinical #mri
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
DDX: Rule Out Secondary ... Felty Syndrome • Hairy ... Myeloproliferative Disease ... Exposure to heavy metal ... blood count with differential
Chronic Infraspinatus Muscle Denervation from Spinoglenoid Notch Paralabral Cyst
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense diffuse intramuscular signal of
Case description ... • Secondary denervation ... Differential diagnosis ... Cyst #clinical #mri ... #clinical #Radiology