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

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
) Differential Diagnosis ... Psychological stress ... Secondary to Skin Disease ... #HairLoss #Alopecia ... #dermatology #Differential
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Allopecia - Differential ... Localized / Focal ... Capitis - Skin Disease ... #Differential # ... #Hairloss
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
Focal / Localized ... ) - Differential ... Secondary to Skin Disease ... Secondary syphilis #HairLoss ... #Alopecia #Focal
Diffuse Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus erythematosus
 • Lichen
) - Differential ... Psychological stress ... #Diffuse #HairLoss ... #Alopecia #dermatology ... #Differential #
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Elevated Troponin Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... End Stage Renal Disease ... Structural Heart Disease ... Post-Coronarv): Stress
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
three primary pathophysiologic ... Complement: Post-strep ... involvement: Anti-GBM Disease ... Glomerulonephritis #Vasculitis #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #rheumatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... but elevated as disease ... bile ducts Differential ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup ... #hepatology
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
microbiological techniques Work-up ... nutritionally variant Strep ... - Depending on local ... exists Infectious Diseases ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #differential
Subglottic stenoses (SGS) during systemic diseases
Subglottic stenosis (SGS) = congenital (children) or acquired (adult) characterized by
during systemic diseases ... from below the vocal ... cartilage Diagnostic Work-up ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #rheumatology