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

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia ... stress FOCAL / LOCALIZED ... • Tinea capitis ... • Tinea capitis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
for Hair Loss Localized ... decalvans, Tinea Capitis ... • Non-Scarring Alopecia ... Shafts: Tinea Capitis ... Scaling, pustules, crusts
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
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
release cytokines -> localized ... areas -> Scaring alopecia ... hair follicles -> causes ... mechanism) -> Alopecia
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
Causes of Toxic Megacolon - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis
Causes of Toxic ... Disease: Ulcerative colitis ... , Crohn's colitis ... Overdistension at colonoscopy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
Local causes include ... Systemic causes ... the nail plate caused ... , sarcoidosis, alopecia ... areata, and localized
Nonscarring Alopecias: Clinical features of the most common types
Patterned hair loss:
 - Age: puberty or older
Nonscarring Alopecias ... Distribution: generalized Alopecia ... multifocal - Total alopecia ... in 5% of cases ... Tinea capitis -
Colovesical Fistula on Cystoscopy
A 72-year-old woman presented to the urology clinic with a 2-week history of
Colonoscopy showed ... Causes of colovesical ... patient underwent robot-assisted