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Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Diagnosis Framework ... cellulitis of the scalp ... Capitis - Skin ... Disease: Discoid ... of any comorbid disease
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
) Differential Diagnosis ... totalis (all scalp ... - Secondary to Skin ... Disease • ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pustular Skin Lesions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What are pustules?
• Pustules < 5-10 mm + pus
• Material
- Differential Diagnosis ... Eruptions (Face/Scalp ... Inflammatory, pus-filled sore ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Dermatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
3rd Decade Skin ... erythematosus (SCLE ... and permanent alopecia ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonscarring alopecia
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
dermatitis, a disease ... disease, affecting ... This disease imposes ... #diagnosis #causes ... #skinrash References
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
is rare in DIL, SCLE-DIL ... Photosensitivity, Alopecia ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #diagnosis #management
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
malaise, anorexia, sore ... weight loss • Skin ... macular or papular; Alopecia ... meningovascular disease ... Syphilis #stages #diagnosis
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
maculopapular skin ... criteria include a sore ... Treatment - Mild ... : NSAIDS Treatment ... #rheumatology #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
osteomyelitis or skin ... Inhalation of spores ... Mouth, throat, skin ... , scalp, vagina, ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases
Cutaneous larva migrans skin Rash
25 F recent Caribbean vacation, walked barefoot on sand and now with
with creepy rash. diagnosis ... self-limited Diagnosis ... No treatment is ... rates of recurrent disease ... larva #migrans #skinRash