Alopecia Totalis Supervening on Hirsutism

Acute alopecia totalis.

From a group of 1,189 AA patients seen in our dermatology unit, thirteen (3 males, 10 females) experienced hair shedding that started profusely and diffusely over the entire scalp. They were under observation for about 5 years, histopathology and trichograms being performed in all instances. The mean age of the patients was 26.7 years. It took only 2.3 months on average from the onset of hair s...

Alopecia Totalis. following Suicidal Colchicine Overdosage.

Adult onset loose anagen hair syndrome with alopecia totalis

A young adult male patient presented with diffuse hair loss of two years duration. Clinical features and investigations were suggestive of loose anagen hair syndrome. He developed alopecia totalis during follow-up. Scalp biopsy revealed perifollicular lymphocytic infiltration. A diagnosis of adult-onset loose anagen hair syndrome with alopecia areata was made. Introduction Loose anagen hair syn...

Alopecia totalis and vitiligo in common variable immunodeficiency.

Three cases of severe and irreversible alopecia occurring in patients with common variable immunodeficiency are described. In all three cases, hair loss developed after the diagnosis of immune deficiency; one of the patients also had extensive vitiligo. A fourth patient had vitiligo in the absence of alopecia. No change in the alopecia or vitiligo was noted in any patient as a result of immunog...

Clinical Characteristics and Prognostic Factors in Early-Onset Alopecia Totalis and Alopecia Universalis

Alopecia totalis (AT) and alopecia universalis (AU), severe forms of alopecia areata (AA), show distinguishable clinical characteristics from those of patch AA. In this study, we investigated the clinical characteristics of AT/AU according to the onset age. Based on the onset age around adolescence (< or ≥ 13 yr), 108 patients were classified in an early-onset group and the other 179 patients i...