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

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... - Secondary to Skin ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
examination revealed diffuse ... violaceous skin ... extent of the nausea ... #Clinical #Derm ... Pneumatosis #CT #NEJM
Allopecia - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hair Loss

Localized / Focal Hair Loss Pattern:
 • Scarring Alopecia:
Capitis - Skin ... Traction alopecia Diffuse ... Scaling, pustules, crusts ... Examine the entire skin ... • Laboratory evaluation
Examination revealed exudative tonsillitis (Panel A), strawberry tongue, and cervical adenopathy with tenderness. Skin examination revealed
Skin examination ... revealed diffuse ... punctate papules that caused ... #Clinical #PrimaryCare ... StrepPyogenes #NEJM
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
Diffuse blanching ... flora in dogs & latter ... can cause overwhelming ... gram-negative bacillus cause ... #dermatology #clinical
A quick infographic on the importance of sun protection and the various results of sun damage
damage on the skin ... #wavelengths #causes ... melanoma: does age matter ... cancer: clinical ... occupational disease evaluation
Uremic Frost in End-Stage Renal Disease- A 39-year-old man with end-stage renal disease presented to the
with anorexia, nausea ... urine output...His skin ... had diffuse crystalline ... of urea on the skin ... #NEJM #clinical