Anagen effluvium

Question 1

Anagen effluvium etiology

Answer 1

precipitated by chemotherapeutic agents (most common), other meds (bismuth, levodopa, colchicine,
cyclosporine), exposure to chemicals (thallium, boron, arsenic)

Question 2

Anagen effluvium. why does it happen?

Answer 2

hair loss due to insult of hair follicle impairing its mitotic activity (growth stage)

Question 3

Anagen effluvium. How Sever it could be?

Answer 3

dose-dependent effect

Question 4

Anagen effluvium. Course (no prognosis)

Answer 4

hair loss 7-14 d after single pulse of chemotherapy; most clinically apparent after 1-2 mo

Question 5

Anagen effluvium. Prognosis

Answer 5

reversible effect; follicles resume normal mitotic activity few weeks after agent stopped