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Volume 7 Issue 5 (May, 2019)

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A Dermascopy study of cases of Alopecia areata
Navtej Singh, Vinay Gera

Background: Alopecia areata (AA) is a common, clinically heterogenous, immune-mediated, non-scarring hair loss disorder. The present study was conducted to assess the cases of Alopecia areata. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 65 cases of Alopecia areata of both genders. Detailed clinical history followed by general physical examination, systemic examination and mucocutaneous examination was done in all. AA was graded as yellow dots, black dots, exclamation mark hairs, short vellus hairs and broken hairs. Hair loss was graded as- S0, no hair loss; S1,<25% hair loss; S2, 26%–50% hair loss; S3, 51%–75% hair loss; S4, 76%–99% hair loss; and S5, total scalp hair loss. Results: Out of 65 cases, males were 43 and females were 22. Grading of hair loss was S1 seen in 12, S2 in 6, S3 in 10, S4 in 13 and S5 in 24. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Dermoscopic findings in patients were yellow dots in 20, vellus hair in 15, black dots in 14, exclamation mark in 6 and broken hairs in 2. The difference was significant (P< 0.05).Conclusion: Dermascopy is method of choice in AA cases. We found most common type as yellow dots and vellus hairs.
Key words: Alopecia areata, Dermascopy, Hair.

Received: 26 February, 2019                            Revised: 29 March, 2019                  Accepted: 30 March, 2019

Corresponding author: Col (Dr) Vinay Gera, Department of Dermatology Base Hospital Lucknow, U.P., India

This article may be cited as: Singh N, Gera V. A Dermascopy study of cases of Alopecia areata.  J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2019;7(5): 80-82.

 
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