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Female Pattern Hair Loss on Physical Exam

#Female #Hair #Loss #PhysicalExam #clinical #pattern #video #alopecia
Female Pattern Hair ... Exam #Female #Hair ... clinical #pattern #video ... #alopecia
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Framework for Hair ... Localized / Focal Hair ... : - Hair Shafts ... - Broken Hair ... Diffuse Hair
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia ... scalp and facial hair ... (all body hair) ... • Congenital hair ... abnormalities - Hair
Lupus (SLE): Mucocutaneous Manifestations

 • Langerhan cells and keratinocytes release cytokines -> localized inflammatory response ->
areas -> Scaring alopecia ... inflammation onto hair ... Destruction of hair ... mechanism) -> Alopecia
Hair Apposition Technique (HAT) for Scalp Lacerations
Look how well the hair tie brings together these wound
Hair Apposition ... Look how well the hair ... Hair must be at ... adhere to wet hair ... Lacerations #clinical #video
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
Focal / Localized Hair ... Loss (Alopecia) ... Reversible - Broken Hair ... • Congenital hair ... abnormalities - Hair
Secondary Disseminated Syphilis

Case from my residency that @EstradaElJefe helped me publish in JGIM. One important finding
is the patchy alopecia ... Photo #SkinRash #Alopecia
Peripheral Blood shows a subset of atypical lymphocytes with hairy-like cytoplasmic projection.
#Clinical #Path #BloodSmear #Blood #Smear
lymphocytes with hairy-like ... #Blood #Smear #Hairy
TACROLIMUS - Side Effects Mnemonic

Tremor 
Alopecia 
Cardiovascular (HTN) 
Renal insufficiency 
Oncologic (Skin Cancer) 
Lipids (hyperlipidemia) 
Insulin
Mnemonic Tremor Alopecia
This trichobezoar was extracted from a teenage patient with trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder) & trichophagia (compulsive hair-eating).
trichotillomania (hair-pulling ... trichophagia (compulsive hair-eating ... bezoar #clinical #video