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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Differentiating Alopecia from other Diseases
The following lists the complete differential diagnosis of Alopecia.
Non-Scarring Alopecia
- Adrenocortical insufficiency (primary or secondary)
- Anagen effluvium (anagen=growing hair)
- Cushing's syndrome
- Diffuse hair thinning due to metabolic causes
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Pituitary insufficiency
- Secondary syphilis
- Sheehan's syndrome
- Telogen effluvium (telogen=resting hair)
- Temporary hair loss
- Thyroiditis
- Trichotillomania
Scarring Alopecia
- Amyloidosis
- Chronic disciform lupus erythematosis
- Congenital defects
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
- Dissecting cellulitis
- Herpes zoster infection
- Infection
- Inflammatory dermatoses
- Lichen planopilaris
- Lymphoma
- Morphea
- Mycosis fungoides
- Neoplasm
- Neurodermatitis
- Physical or chemical agents:
- ACE inhibitors
- Allopurinol
- Androgens
- Anticoagulants
- Anticonvulsants
- Antimycotic agents
- Arsenic
- Azathioprine
- Beta blockers
- Borates
- Cadmium
- Chemotherapeutics
- Chlorambucil
- Cisplatin
- Clofibrate
- Cyclophosphamide
- Cytarabine
- Estrogens
- Fluororacil
- Gentamycin
- Gold compounds
- Heparins
- Indomethacin
- Levodopa
- Linolic acid
- Mercury and derivatives
- Methotrexate
- Niacin
- Oral contraceptives
- Propranolol
- Retinoids
- Salicylates
- Selenium
- Squalenes
- Steroids
- Thallium
- Undecylenic acid
- Vitamin A overdose
- Warfarin
- Pseudofolliculitis barbae
- Psoriasis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Miscellaneous
- Addison's Disease
- Anemia
- Cancer
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Pneumonia
- Scarlet Fever
- Schmidt's Syndrome
- Stress
- Testicular feminization syndrome
- Turner's Syndrome
- Typhoid fever
- Mechanical effects
- Traction alopecia
- Pressure alopecia (alopecia after extended bed rest)
- Trichotillomania (compulsion to pull out one’s own hair)