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Photoclinic
Several nonscarring alopecia patches at baseline.
Photoclinic
Alopecia Areata Possibly Secondary to COVID-19 Vaccine
11/07/2025
Haowei Han, DO; Brian How, DO; Suzanne Sirota-Rozenberg, DO
A 56-year-old Black man presented at the dermatology clinic with patchy scalp hair loss that began 4 months after receiving his second COVID-19 vaccination. The patient’s past medical history was remarkable...
11/07/2025
Photoclinic
Figure 1. An 8-year-old boy presents with symmetric bald patches since birth in the temporal area.
Photoclinic
Temporal Triangular Alopecia
08/30/2025
Shae Margulies, MD; Stephanie Ryan, MD
An 8-year-old boy presents with symmetric bald patches in the temporal area which have been present his entire life.
08/30/2025
What’s Your Diagnosis?
hair loss alopecia
What’s Your Diagnosis?
Occipital Hair Loss in a 26-Year-Old Man
10/30/2024
Kent S. Handfield, MD, FAAD; Rachel Ruda, MD; Ford Lannan, MD
A 26-year-old man with no significant medical history presented to our clinic with an area of hair loss on his posterior scalp.
10/30/2024
Photoclinic
Kerion
Photoclinic
Tender Nodules With Exudate and Alopecia of the Scalp: A Case of Kerion
01/15/2021
A 28-year-old active-duty man presented with a 4-week history of multiple tender, enlarging nodules on the scalp.
01/15/2021
Photo Essay
Photo Essay
An Atlas of Nail Disorders, Part 5
03/03/2020
This article is part 5 of a 15-part series of Photo Essays describing and differentiating conditions affecting the nails. Parts 6 through 15 will be published in upcoming issues of Consultant. To access...
03/03/2020
Photo Essay
Photo Essay
An Atlas of Nail Disorders, Part 3
01/07/2020
This article is part 3 of a 15-part series of Photo Essays describing and differentiating conditions affecting the nails. Parts 4 through 15 will be published in upcoming issues of Consultant. To access...
01/07/2020
Photoclinic
Alopecia Areata and Hypothyroidism
Photoclinic
Alopecia Areata and Hypothyroidism
09/25/2019
An 8-year-old girl presented to a primary care clinic for evaluation of diffuse alopecia. She was noted to have a down-trending height velocity and increased body mass index that had been gradual over the...
09/25/2019
hair loss
Telogen Effluvium
hair loss
Telogen Effluvium
01/30/2019
An otherwise healthy 2-year-old girl presented with acute hair loss that her mother had noticed 6 weeks before presentation.
01/30/2019
Dermclinic
Lichen planopilaris
Dermclinic
What Explains This Woman’s Symptoms?
05/02/2018
This inflammatory disease is characterized by lymphocytic destruction of the hair follicle that results in scaling, atrophy, and scarring alopecia.
05/02/2018
What's Your Diagnosis?
What's Your Diagnosis?
Why Is This Child’s Hair Not Growing?
12/17/2016

Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, and Benjamin Barankin, MD

Alexander K.C. Leung, MD, and Benjami...
A 2-year-old girl presented with diffuse thin hair on the scalp since birth.
12/17/2016