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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Case Rep
. 2022 Aug 9;10(8):e6228.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6228. eCollection 2022 Aug.
Intermittent chronic telogen effluvium with an unusual dermoscopic finding following COVID-19
Nasrin Saki[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Fatemeh Sari Aslani[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Mozhdeh Sepaskhah[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Mohadese Shafiei[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Sara Alavizadeh[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Seyed Ali Hosseini[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Fatemeh Ansari Asl[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Najmeh Ahramiyanpour[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
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.
Keywords: COVID‐19; Dermoscopy; telogen effluvium.
. 2022 Aug 9;10(8):e6228.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6228. eCollection 2022 Aug.
Intermittent chronic telogen effluvium with an unusual dermoscopic finding following COVID-19
Nasrin Saki[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Fatemeh Sari Aslani[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP], Mozhdeh Sepaskhah[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Mohadese Shafiei[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Sara Alavizadeh[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Seyed Ali Hosseini[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Fatemeh Ansari Asl[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Najmeh Ahramiyanpour[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35957778
- PMCID: PMC9361802
- DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.6228
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.
Keywords: COVID‐19; Dermoscopy; telogen effluvium.