Evaluation and diagnosis of the hair loss patient: part II. Trichoscopic and laboratory evaluations

Thamer Mubki; Lidia Rudnicka; Malgorzata Olszewska; Jerry Shapiro

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2014.05.008

Evaluation and diagnosis of the hair loss patient: part II. Trichoscopic and laboratory evaluations

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2014 Sep;71(3):431.e1-431.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.05.008.

Authors

Thamer Mubki¹, Lidia Rudnicka², Malgorzata Olszewska³, Jerry Shapiro⁴

Affiliations

¹ Al Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Neuropeptides, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Department of Dermatology and Skin Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Langone Medical Center, New York, New York. Electronic address: jerry.shapiro@vch.ca.

PMID: 25128119
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.05.008

Abstract

The use of trichoscopy for evaluating a number of hair and scalp disorders is gaining popularity. It is a simple and noninvasive in vivo tool for visualizing hair shafts and the scalp. Recently, alopecias have been classified according to their trichoscopic findings. The second part of this 2-part continuing medical education article reviews recent advances in this field and describes a systematic approach for using the differential diagnostic findings of trichoscopy in alopecia.

Keywords: alopecia areata; androgenetic alopecia; dermatoscopy; dermoscopy; discoid lupus erythematosus; dissecting cellulitis; lichen planopilaris; patterned hair loss; trichoscopy; videodermatoscopy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Alopecia / diagnosis*
Alopecia / pathology
Alopecia / therapy*
Cellulitis / diagnosis
Dermoscopy / methods*
Fibrosis
Hair / abnormalities
Hair / pathology
Humans