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

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia ... • Androgenetic alopecia ... facial hair) • Alopecia ... Infectious • Tinea ... Shafts • Tinea
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia ... Infectious • Tinea ... Brocq • Alopecia ... Shafts • Tinea ... Absent • Alopecia
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Folliculitis decalvans, Tinea ... Broken Hair Shafts: Tinea ... postoperative) alopecia ... , Traction alopecia ... totalis, Alopecia
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 ... frontoparietal scalps #Alopecia
Tinea Cruris: Fungal dermatitis of the genital region.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images

#Clinical
Tinea Cruris: Fungal ... Dermatology #SkinRash #Tinea
Tinea Cruris: Fungal dermatitis of the genital region.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog of Clinical Images

#Clinical
Tinea Cruris: Fungal ... Dermatology #SkinRash #Tinea
Tinea Versicolor: Scaly well demarcated patches caused by fungal skin infection.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD Catalog
Tinea Versicolor ... Dermatology #SkinRash #Tinea
Tinea Pedis: Scaly red erruption of the feet caused by fungal dermatitis.

Charlie Goldberg, M.D. - UCSD
Tinea Pedis: Scaly ... Dermatology #SkinRash #Tinea
Tinea, Inframammary Crease: Fungal dermatitis affecting the moist skin beneath this male patient's 
breast tissue

Charlie Goldberg,
Tinea, Inframammary ... Dermatology #SkinRash #Tinea
Tinea Versicolor (Pityriasis versicolor) 
NOT a dermatophyte infection 
Caused by saprophytic, lipid-dependent yeasts 
Clinical 
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Tinea Versicolor ... recalcitrant) #Tinea