Season 4, Episode 2 (Scalp Bx for Black Women, Oral Minoxidil for Chemotherapy Hair Loss, Folliculotropic MF, Atrichia with Papular Lesions, MTX and Liver Fibrosis)

STUDIES REFERENCED

 

ROLE OF SCALP BIOPSIES IN BLACK WOMEN WITH HAIR LOSS

 

Douglas A et al. Scalp Biopsy Influences Diagnostic Accuracy and Treatment in Black Women with Alopecia: A Retrospective Study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2023 Jan 31;S0190-9622(23)00157-3. 

 

ORAL MINOXIDIL IN CHEMOTHERAPY RELATED HAIR LOSS

 

Kang J et al. Efficacy of low-dose oral minoxidil in the management of anticancer therapy-induced alopecia in patients with breast cancer: A retrospective cohort study. J Am Acad Dermatol 2022 Dec 13;S0190-9622(22)03261-3.

 

 

FOLLICULOTROPIC MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES

 

Paolino G et al. Widespread and eruptive comedonal lesions with alopecia. JAAD Case Rep . 2022 Nov 1;31:23-26. 

Kreutzer and Effendy. Cicatricial Alopecia Related to Folliculotropic Mycosis Fungoides. Dermatol Ther (Heidelb). 2020 Oct;10(5):1175-1180

Gallo G et al Clinical and trichoscopic features in 18 cases of Folliculotropic Mycosis Fungoides with scalp involvement. Scientific Reports.  2021 May 18;11(1):10555.

 

 

ATRICHIA WITH PAPULES LESIONS

 

Boisen J et al. Atrichia With Papular Lesions Confirmed via Genetic Testing: A Case Report. Cureus 2022 Dec; 14(12): e32562.

Zlotogorski A, Panteleyev AA, Aita VM, Christiano AM. Clinical and molecular diagnostic criteria of congenital atrichia with papular lesions. J Invest Dermatol 2002; 118: 887–890

Yip L, Horev L, Sinclair R, et al. Atrichia with papular lesions: a report of three novel human hairless gene mutations and a revision of diagnostic criteria. Acta Derm Venereol 2008; 88(4): 346–349.

Bergman R et al. The alopecias associated with vitamin D-dependent rickets type IIA and with hairless gene mutations: a comparative clinical, histologic, and immunohistochemical study. Arch Dermatol. 2005 Mar;141(3):343-51.

 

 

METHOTREXATE AND LIVER FIBROSIS

Atallah  E et al. Risk of liver fibrosis associated with long-term methotrexate therapy may be overestimated. J Hepatol . 2023 Jan 23;S0168-8278(23)00020-X.

 

Conway R, Low C, Coughlan RJ, O’Donnell MJ, Carey JJ. Risk of liver injury among methotrexate users: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2015;45(2):156–162

 

Cheema HI et al. Review of existing evidence demonstrates that methotrexate does not cause liver fibrosis. J Investig Med. 2022 Oct;70(7):1452-1460.

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