Alopecia medicamentosa L65.8

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Definition
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Mostly self-limiting hair loss caused by taking certain drugs, which occurs 2-6 months after the triggering event.

Etiopathogenesis
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Medications that can cause hair loss:

Clinical features
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Diffuse effluvium.

Diagnosis
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Positive plucking test (assuming > 6 hairs if 40-50 hairs are pulled); anamnesis.

Therapy
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As far as possible, discontinuation or conversion of the triggering medication. Usually full reversibility of alopecia. See below alopecia.

Literature
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  1. Belum VR et al (2015) Alopecia in patients treated with molecularly targeted anticancer therapies. Ann Oncol 26: 2496-2502

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020