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Diseases of the Skin Appendages

Diseases of the Skin Appendages. Adam Wray, D.O. September 13, 2005. Non-scarring alopecias. Alopecia areata. Characterized by rapid and complete loss of hair in one or more often several round or oval patches

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Diseases of the Skin Appendages

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  1. Diseases of the Skin Appendages Adam Wray, D.O. September 13, 2005

  2. Non-scarring alopecias

  3. Alopecia areata • Characterized by rapid and complete loss of hair in one or more often several round or oval patches • “Exclamation point” hairs that are tapered at the base may persist in localized patches • Usually on the scalp, bearded areas, eyebrows and eyelashes • 1-5 cm • May progress to total loss of scalp hair – alopecia totalis, or hair loss involving the entire body – alopecia universalis

  4. Alopecia Areata • Lifetime risk 1.7% • Associated with thyroid disease, vitiligo, inflammatory bowel disease • AA may be protective against the development of diabetes • Frequency of type I diabetes is increased in relatives of patients with alopecia areata

  5. Alopecia areata

  6. AA Histo • Lymphocytes surround lower portion of follicle in early lesions = “swarm of bees” • Increased numbers of miniature telogen and catagen follicles or sometimes early anagen hair follicles in the superficial dermis

  7. Ophiasis/sisaipho

  8. Alopecia totalis

  9. Telogen effluvium • Early and excessive loss of normal club hairs from normal resting follicles in the scalp • Loss results from traumatization of the normal hair by some stimulus, such as surgery, parturition, fever, drugs, or traction which precipitates the anagen phase into catagen and telogen phases • Associated with Fe deficiency and thyroid disease • Follicle is not diseased and inflammation is absent

  10. Telogen effluvium

  11. Telogen effluvium • “lots of hairs coming out by the roots” • Loss is diffuse and only infrequently causes clinically perceptible thinning of hair • Normal telogen count is below 10% • Can be estimated by the pull test • Grasping 40 hairs firmly between thumb and forefinger, followed by a slow pull • Greater than 4-6 club hairs is abnormal

  12. A Telogen fibers showing a club shape • B Anagen fibers with attached inner root sheath, demonstrating pigmented, distorted bulbs appearing like the end of a broomstick

  13. Telogen effluvium • 100 – 200 hairs lost daily • 200 – 400 lost in telogen effluvium

  14. TX • No specific therapy • In the majority of cases it will stop spontaneously within a few months and the hair will regrow • Chronic form may occur • 5% minoxidil solution • education

  15. Anagen effluvium • Seen frequently following the administration of cancer chemotherapeutic agents, such as antimetabolites, alkylating agents, and mitotic inhibitors • Only anagen hairs are involved • With cessation of the drug the follicle resumes normal activity within a few weeks • Process entirely reversible • Topical minoxidil may decrease the period of baldness by an average of 50 days

  16. Anagen effluvium

  17. Androgenetic alopeciamale-pattern baldness • Most prevalent type of hair loss in humans • Can be inherited from either or both parents • Starts during the 20s to early 30s by gradual loss of hair, chiefly from the vertex and frontotemporal regions • Several patterns • Rate varies

  18. Pathogenesis of AGA • Related to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) • Testosterone converted to DHT by 5alpha – reductase • Two isoenzymes, type I and type II • Type I 5alpha – reductase predominantly found in sebaceous glands and the liver as well as scalp hair follicles • Type II 5alpha – reductase is present in scalp hair follicles, beard, and chest hair, liver, and prostate • Genetic absence of type II 5alpha – reductase is protective from the development of male AGA

  19. AGA TX • Minoxidil • 2% and 5% • Indefinite treatment to maintain a response • 1/3 cases grow cosmetically useful hair • Finasteride • Effective in preventing further hair loss (90% of men) and in increasing the hair counts (65% of men) • Hair transplantation

  20. Androgenetic alopecia in women • Generally diffuse hair loss throughout the midscalp, sparing the frontal hairline except for slight recession • The midline part is an important clinical clue to the diagnosis, revealing this central thinning by the appearance of the “Christmas tree pattern” • The cause is now believed to be a genetic predisposition in combination with an excessive androgen response

  21. TX • Topical minoxidil 2% • Spironolactone or finasteride if associated with hyperandrogenemia

  22. Androgenetic alopecia in women

  23. Other forms of alopecia

  24. Trichotillomania • A neurotic practice of plucking or breaking hair from the scalp, eyelashes, eyebrows, extremities, or pubic region • Usually localized but may be widespread • Areas of alopecia characteristically contain hairs of various lengths • Seen mostly in girls under 10 and women, may also be seen in boys and adults

  25. Trichotillomania • It has been suggested that one ask the child not if but rather how the removal is done • Shave 3 X 3 cm area and watch the hair regrow normally. Hairs in this “skin window” will be too short for plucking • Biopsy – high number of catagen hairs, pigmentary defects and casts, trichomalacia and hemorrhage, follicular plugging

  26. May be a manifestation of obsessive-compulsive disorder May be assoc with depression or anxiety TX – psychotherapy, behavioral therapy or an appropriate psychopharmacologic medication fluoxetine Trichotillomania

  27. Trichotillomania

  28. Traction alopecia • Occurs from prolonged tension on the hair • Either from the hair tightly braided or in a ponytail

  29. Tractional alopecia

  30. Hot comb alopecia • Develops characteristically on the crown and spreads peripherally to form a large oval area of partial hair loss • Initially reported in black women who straightened their hair with hot combs • The hot petrolatum used with the iron causes thermal damage to the hair follicle • Histo same as for trichotillomania and traction alopecia (follicular degeneration syndrome

  31. Follicular degeneration syndrome • Pigmented casts in follicle • Empty follicles • Perifollicular lymphocytes, plasma cells, or neutrophils usually sparse or absent • Perifollicular hemorrhage sometimes • Perifollicular fibrosis if follicle is destroyed

  32. Alopecia syphilitica • May have a typical moth-eaten appearance on the occipital scalp, a generalized thinning, or a combination of the two • Eyebrows and lashes, and other body hair may be involved • May be the first sign of a syphilis infection

  33. Alopecia syphilitica

  34. Alopecia syphilitica

  35. Tumor alopecia • Refers to hair loss in the immediate vicinity of either benign or malignant tumors of the scalp • Syringomas, nerve sheath myxomas, and steatocytoma multiplex • Alopecia neoplastica – hair loss from metastatic tumors, most commonly breast carcinoma

  36. Scarring alopecias

  37. Pseudopelade of Brocq • Non-inflammatory, intermittently progressive scarring alopecia • Unknown origin • Lesions typically start on the crown and spread in a “pseudopod-like” fashion at irregular intervals • Clinically, pale depressed areas called “footprints in the snow” • Histo: development of elastic fibers around the lower part of the follicle and less perifollicular inflammation • Tx: difficult; surgery best option

  38. pseudopelade

  39. Follicular mucinosis(alopecia mucinosa) • Most commonly occurs on the scalp or beard area • Cicatricial alopecia occurs when enough mucin is deposited in the follicular outer root sheath and sebaceous gland to cause extensive follicular disruption • Otherwise alopecia may be reversible • Primary cases occur either as localized lesions of the head or neck typically resloving within a year

  40. Follicular mucinosis(alopecia mucinosa) • More generalized lesion have a longer course • Young people are primarily affected • A secondary type – associated with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, usually more widespread and in older persons

  41. Follicular mucinosis

  42. Inflammatory alopecia • May be seen in lichen simplex chronicus and various eczematous changes on the scalp, including kerion • DLE, lichen planopilaris, sarcoidosis, and folliculitis decalvans are the commonest inflammatory causes of cicatricial alopecia

  43. Increased fragility Trichothiodystrophy Pili torti Monilethrix Trichorrhexis nodosa Trichorrhexis invaginata No increased fragility Loose anagen hair syndrome Uncombable hair Woolly hair Pili multigemini Pili annulati Pili bifurcati HAIR STRUCTURE DEFECTS

  44. Hair structure defects Increased fragility

  45. Autosomal recessive Brittle hair with markedly reduced sulfur content Sulfur reduced 50% of normal value Distinctive features under polarized light and scanning electron microscopy Trichothiodystrophy

  46. With light microscopy trichoschisis (clean transverse fractures) may be seen With polarized microscopy the hair shows alternating bright and dark regions Trichothiodystrophy

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