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Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia ... Infectious • Tinea ... Brocq • Alopecia ... Shafts • Tinea ... • Secondary syphilis
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia ... • Androgenetic alopecia ... Infectious • Tinea ... Shafts • Tinea ... • Secondary syphilis
Secondary Disseminated Syphilis

Case from my residency that @EstradaElJefe helped me publish in JGIM. One important finding
Secondary Disseminated Syphilis ... is the patchy alopecia ... characteristic of syphilis ... /ReafordRJ #Syphilis ... Photo #SkinRash #Alopecia
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
: • Scarring Alopecia ... Folliculitis decalvans, Tinea ... • Non-Scarring Alopecia ... Nail pitting), Alopecia ... Broken Hair Shafts: Tinea
Natural History of Syphilis
Primary - 2-6 weeks after infection
 • Chancre, Regional lymphadenopathy
Early Latent ≤ 1
Natural History of Syphilis ... after primary syphilis ... Mucosal lesions, Alopecia ... Cardiovascular syphilis ... ; Otic syphilis;
Alopecia in Secondary Syphilis

#Alopecia #Secondary #Syphilis #Scalp #Clinical #Photo
Alopecia in Secondary ... Syphilis #Alopecia ... #Secondary #Syphilis
The Stages of Syphilis 

Primary Syphilis 
- The chancre lesion is the hallmark of primary syphilis.
The Stages of Syphilis ... Primary Syphilis ... hallmark of primary syphilis ... Secondary Syphilis ... rashes, including tinea-mimicker
Christmas Tree Rash of Pityriasis rosea
 - small oval scaling patches
 - Christmas tree pattern
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diagnosis: secondary syphilis ... nummular eczema, tinea
Syphilis Treatment Algorithm

#Syphilis #Treatment #Algorithm #management
Syphilis Treatment ... Algorithm #Syphilis
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... 1) Primary Syphilis ... 2) Secondary Syphilis ... macular or papular; Alopecia ... • Gummatous Syphilis