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Vitiligo Flashcards

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Stages of Hair growth

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Causes of hair loss

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  • Physiological
  • Pathological (Alopecia)
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Definition of Alopecia

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loss of hair from normally hairy area

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Types of Alopecia

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  • Cicatricial or scarring alopecia (permanent)
  • non Cicatricial or nonscarring (transient)
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Causes of Non-cicatricial alopecia

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  • Conginetal
  • Aquired
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Aquired Causes of Non-cicatricial circuscribed (Patterned) alopecia

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Aquired Causes of Non-cicatricial alopecia

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  • Circumscribed (Patterned)
  • Diffuse
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Aquired Causes of Non-cicatricial Diffuse alopecia

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Congenital causes of cicatricial alopecia

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developmental defect

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Aquired causes of cicatricial alopecia

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Definition of Alopecia Areata

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circumscribed non scarring hair loss with normal skin

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Etiology of Alopecia Areata

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CP of Alopecia Areata

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Lesions in Alopecia Areata

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  • Circumscribed area of hair loss, nonscarring with normal skin
  • Positive exclamation mark! (tapered proximal end of the hair shaft)
  • May affect scalp, face or body hair
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Clinical types of Alopecia Areata

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Prognosis of Alopecia Areata

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Bad prognosis in the following conditions:
1- Alopecia totalis, universalis and ophiasis
2- Alopecia areata with nail pitting
3- Alopecia areata in atopics

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Associated features to Alopecia Areata

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1- Nail pitting
2- Atopy (atopic dermatitis)
3- Vitiligo
4- Cataract

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DDx of Alopecia Areata

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TTT of Alopecia Areata

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Causes of hyperpigmentation

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Causes of Hypopigmentation

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Casues of depigmentation

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Def of Vitiligo

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acquired idiopathic depigmentation (leukoderma) of the skin

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Etiology of Vitiligo

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Precipitataing factors for Vitiligo

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1- Emotional stress
2- Sun burn
3- Physical trauma (Koebner’s phenomenon)

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CP of Vitiligo

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  • Milky white depigmented macules or patches affecting any area.
  • Hair and mucous membranes may be affected

Sites: face, hand, feet. back are sires of predilection

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Classification of Vitiligo

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Prognosis of Vitiligo

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1- Unpredictable
2- Stationary
3- Spontaneous re-pigmentation
4- Slowly progressive
5- Rapidly progressive

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DDx of Vitiligo

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1- Pityriasis alba
2- Pityriasis versicolor (hypopigmented type)
3- Post inflammatory hypopigmentation
4- Albinism
5- Post-burn and post-chemical depigmentation

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TTT of Vitiligo

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