Intermittent chronic telogen effluvium with an unusual dermoscopic finding following COVID‐19

Autor: Nasrin Saki, Fatemeh Sari Aslani, Mozhdeh Sepaskhah, Mohadese Shafiei, Sara Alavizadeh, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Fatemeh Ansari Asl, Najmeh Ahramiyanpour
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Clinical Case Reports, Vol 10, Iss 8, Pp n/a-n/a (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2050-0904
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.6228
Popis: Abstract Various conditions, including infections, can cause telogen effluvium (TE). One of them is coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), where hair loss usually begins between 2 and 12 weeks after the illness. TE can be acute or chronic, and the chronic type can be intermittent. Here, we present the case of a 17‐year‐old girl with severe and widespread hair loss following an upper respiratory infection suspected to be COVID‐19, with the patient having a history of such attacks since childhood. Evidence from biopsy and dermoscopy indicated a diagnosis of TE.
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