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

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
• Loose anagen syndrome ... • Tinea capitis ... decalvans - Secondary ... to Skin Disease ... Shafts • Tinea
Acute Purpura Fulminans Skin Rash on Physical Exam 
60 year old male ITP s/p splenectomy 
1d
Purpura Fulminans Skin ... purpura fulminans secondary ... - BIDMC Infectious ... Purpura #Fulminans #Skin ... #photo
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Folliculitis decalvans, Tinea ... Capitis - Skin ... Broken Hair Shafts: Tinea ... , Loose anagen syndrome ... Examine the entire skin
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
Skin Rash 40 ... colonize human skin ... difficult to culture and ... #Canimorsus #Skin ... #clinical #photo
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS)

A 5-year-old girl presents to the ED with a rash that started
Staphylococcal Scalded Skin ... Syndrome (SSSS) ... the ED with a rash ... upper respiratory infection ... #Clinical #Photo
Secondary Syphilis Rash
Secondary syphilis is the most contagious of all the stages of this disease, and
Rash Secondary ... Skin rash and malaise ... treatment, the infection ... the palms of the hands ... #Clinical #Photo
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
- Rash, pink ... rashes, including tinea-mimicker ... nephrotic syndrome ... to asymptomatic infection ... granuIomas on skin
Moccasin-variety Tinea Pedis 
70 M chronic scaly feet. Over the years: rash has itched only occasionally;
Over the years: rash ... skin of inflamed ... pitted keratolysis; and ... Indiana University Infectious ... type #clinical #photo
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
, non-specific skin ... rash • Vitamin ... Bone disease, secondary ... ataxia), Korsakoff syndrome ... Anemia • Zinc - Alopecia
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
extremities (ischemia, infarction ... nose (epistaxis), skin ... (alopecia, purpura ... vesicular rash, ... loss, causing secondary