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

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Hair Loss (Alopecia ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... scalp and facial hair ... universalis (all body hair ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Oral Cavity Lesions in a patient with HIV/AIDS
White plaque
 - Pseudo-membranous candidiasis
 - Oral hairy leukoplakia
candidiasis - Oral hairy ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework for Hair ... Localized / Focal Hair ... - Broken Hair ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Clinical Effects of Large and Small Pituitary Tumours
Local complications - Headache, Visual field defect, Disconnection hyperprolactinaemia,
Loss of libido, Hair ... hypotension, Pallor, Hair ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Hypothyroidism – symptoms and signs.

Symptoms: 
Tiredness/malaise, 
Weight gain,
Anorexia,
Cold intolerance, 
Poor memory,
Change in appearance, 
Depression, 
Poor libido,
brittle unmanageable hair ... complexion, Dry thin hair ... Signs #Symptoms #Diagnosis
Skin Hypopigmentation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Diffuse Congenital - Generalized hypopigmentation of hair, eyes, skin
 • Phenylketonuria
- Differential Diagnosis ... hypopigmentation of hair ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Brittle nails and hair loss in hypothyroidism- ...Physical examination revealed dry skin, thickened and brittle nails
Brittle nails and hair ... Panel A), marked hair ... loss with coarse hair ... thyroiditis was diagnosed ... the differential diagnosis
Kerion
Raised, boggy lesion with heaped up purulent nodules 
Caused by host's response to a fungal ringworm
• Painful • Hair ... #Dermatology #Diagnosis
Obsessive-Compulsive & Related Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Non-Specific Obsessions and/or Compulsions
 - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder -
- Differential Diagnosis ... Trichotillomania - Hair ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Focal / Localized Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 - Infectious
Focal / Localized Hair ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Congenital hair ... abnormalities - Hair ... #Differential #Diagnosis