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

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
General (Diffuse and Focal ... Psychological stress FOCAL ... • Tinea capitis ... syphilis #Diffuse #Focal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Localized / Focal ... decalvans, Tinea Capitis ... Shafts: Tinea Capitis ... Scaling, pustules, crusts ... or erythema and local
Persistent UC Symptoms Despite 5-ASA Therapies
 • Assess for Drug Adherence
 • Disease Activity Assessment (bloody
) • FCP, CRP, Colonoscopy ... Infection, Cdiff Mild Colitis ... CAMs (curcumin, probiotic ... Treatment Mod/Severe Colitis ... #Ulcerative #Colitis
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
Focal / Localized ... • Tinea capitis ... • Tinea capitis ... #Focal #Localized ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Systemic disease - Fecal ... occult blood - Colonoscopy ... fat Increased fecal ... overgrowth Normal fecal
Ischemic Colitis on Colonoscopy
80 F with Afib with acute abdominal pain and syncope.
Ischemic colitis (full thickness)
Ischemic Colitis ... on Colonoscopy ... Ischemic colitis ... due to massive fecal ... #Colonoscopy #clinical
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
areas -> Scaring alopecia ... hair follicles -> causes ... cells -> Incr local ... mechanism) -> Alopecia
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
URT inflammation causes ... severe swelling causes ... severe swelling causes ... Polio Virus -> Fecal-oral ... malaise, tachypnea, otitis
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
cell/white cell casts ... abdomen (enteritis, colitis ... epistaxis), skin (alopecia ... Nephrocalcinosis causes
General Bacterial Antibiogram - Antibiotics and Spectrum of Coverage
Make sure you consult your local antibiogram!
VRE -
you consult your local ... fosfomycin - colistin ... #Antibiotics #Classes