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1
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Growth phase of hair follicle

Determines ultimate length of hair at site

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Anagen

2
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Degenerative phase of hair follicle

Apoptosis driven

1% of hair in this phase

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Catagen

3
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Period of relative quiescence stage in hair follicle

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Telogen

4
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Active process of hair shaft shedding

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Exogen

5
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Fine, non pigmented hair

Growth not affected by hormones

A

Vellus hair

6
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Thick pigmented hair

Growth affected by hormones

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Terminal hair

7
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Lab exam for hair that determines the number of anagen and telogen hairs

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Trichogram

8
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Most common type of progressive balding

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Pattern Hair Loss

Androgenetic alopecia

9
Q

This hormone causes growth of prostate, terminal hair, AGA and acne

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Dihydrotestosterone

10
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This hormone causes growth of axillary hair and lower pubic hair

Sex drive, spermatogenesis, growth of scrotum and phallus

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Testosterone

11
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Testosterone is converted to DHT by this enzyme

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5a- reductase

12
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Men usually exhibit pattern hair loss in these sites:

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Frontotemporal

Vertex

13
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Hormone studies in women with hair loss and evidence of increased androgens

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Testosterone- free and total
DHEAS
Prolactin

Others: TSH FT4 serum iron CBC ANA

14
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Management for pattern hair loss

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Oral finasteride 1mg/ day
Topical minoxidil 2% and 5%
Antiandrogens - spironolactone cimetidine flutamide
Topical latanoprost 0.1%

15
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A localized loss of hair in round or oval areas with no apparent inflammation of the skin

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Alopecia areata

16
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Associated conditions in alopecia areata

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Autoimmune thyroiditis

Down syndrome

17
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Type of alopecia areata where there is total loss of terminal scalp hair

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Alopecia areata totalis

18
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Type of alopecia areata where there is total loss of terminal scalp and body hair

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Alopecia areata universalis

19
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Type of alopecia areata where there is bandlike pattern of hair loss over periphery of scalp

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Ophiasis

20
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Transient increased shedding of normal club hair (telogen) from resting scalp follicles

Accelerated shift of anagen into catagen and telogen

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Telogen effluvium

21
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Second most common cause of alopecia after AGA

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Telogen effluvium

22
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Individuals with telogen effluvium may also affect the growth of nails and can result to this nail condition

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Beau lines

23
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Nail findings in alopecia areata

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Fine pitting (“hammered brass”) of dorsal nail plate

24
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Lab exams to rule out other causes of hair loss

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Serum iron
Iron binding capacity
TSH, FT4
ANA (rule out SLE)
RPR (rule out secondary syphilis)
25
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Anagen cycle disrupted
Scalp hair loss diffuse and extensive

Due to radiation therapy, chemotherapy with alkylating agents, mercury thallium boric acid intoxications or severe protein malnutrition

Regrows after discontinuation

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Anagen effluvium

26
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Results from damage or destruction of hair follicle stem cells by inflammatory, infection and other pathologic processes

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Cicatricial or scarring alopecia

27
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Effacement of follicular orifices in a patchy or focal distribution

Replacement of the follicular structure by fibrous tissue

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Cicatricial or scarring alopecia

28
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[scarring alopecia]
Perifollicular erythema +/- hyperkeratosis
Violaceous discoloration of the scalp
Results in permanent hair loss, most common in parietal scalp

May or may not be associated with lichen planus of skin/mucosa

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Lichen planopilaris

29
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Variant of lichen planopilaris where there is LP like lesions with follicular spines in areas of alopecia on scalp, eyebrows, axilla and pubic areas

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Graham-Little Syndrome

30
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Variant of lichen planopilaris where there is frontotemporal hairline recession and eyebrow loss in postmenopausal women with perifollicular erythema

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Frontal fibrosing alopecia

31
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End stage of all non inflammatory scarring alopecias

Early moth-eaten pattern with eventual coalescence into larger patches of hair loss( footprints in the snow)

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Pseudopelade of Brocq

32
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Type of alopecia in relation to chemical processing, heat or chronic tension on the hair

Most common in black women

Begins in crown/midvertex and advances centrifugally

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Central centrifugal scarring alopecia

Hot comb alopecia

33
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Type of scarring alopecia that may be a symptom of cutaneous T cell lymphoma

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Alopecia mucinosa

34
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[scarring alopecia]
Pustular folliculitis
Surviving hairs clustered (tufted folliculitis)
Bogginess or induration with pustules, erosions or crusts

S.aureus infection common

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Folliculitis Decalvans

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[scarring alopecia]
Most common in black men
Initial deep inflammatory nodules over the occciput

Sinus tracts may form

S aureus secondary infection common

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Dissecting folliculitis

36
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[scarring alopecia]
Most commonly in black men
Occurs in occipital scalp and nape
Chronic papular or pustular eruption
Keloidal scar may occur
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Folliculitis keloidalis nuchae

37
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[scarring alopecia]
Commonly called razor bumps

Related to curved hair follicles that retract beneath skin surface, grow and cause a foreign body reaction

S aureus secondary infection common

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Pseudofolliculitis barbae

38
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[scarring alopecia]

Painful or pruritic erythematous follicular based papule with central necrosis, crusting and healing with depressed scar

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Acne necrotica

39
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Treatment for scarring alopecia

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Topical high potency and intralesional glucocorticoids-mainstay of treatment

Antibiotics- for S.aureus infection

40
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Excessive hair growth secondary to increased androgenic activity

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Hirsutism

41
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Hair density or length beyond accepted limits of normal age, race and sex

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Hypertrichosis

42
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Hormonal stimulus for hair growth

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Dihydrotestosterone

43
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In evaluating hirsutism, if serum testosterone is more than ___ ng/ml, exclude androgen secreting tumor

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> 200ng/ml

44
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If serum testosterone and DHEA are more than ___ug/d, it is suggestive of adrenal tumor

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> 800 ug/d

45
Q

Raised levels of this hormone suggests CAH

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17-hydroxyprogesterone

46
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Drugs that can cause hypertrichosis

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Minoxidil 
Phenytoin 
Cyclosporine 
Glucocorticoids 
Streptomycin 
PUVA

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