Telogen Effluvium — Flashcards

A hairpull test is _____ in telogen effluvium

Loss of hair _____ months after an event of physiological stress points towards a diagnosis of telogen effluvium

_____ phase of hair cycle is the time period between catagen and the next anagen

Telogen effluvium occurs due to premature termination of the _____ phase of the hair cycle following a period of stress

Muehrcke's lines on nails are specific for _____ and is due to pathology in the nail bed

_____ sign is melanonychia with the pigmentation of proximal nail fold seen in subungual melanoma

_____ is a neurocutaneous disorder associated with ungual fibromas, which are flesh-colored lumps emerging from nail folds

Punctate leukonychia is caused by minor trauma to the nail _____ in manicures or also seen in alopecia areata

_____ lines are a manifestation of chronic arsenic or thallium intake and is due to pathology in nail matrix

_____ sign is melanonychia with the pigmentation of proximal nail fold seen in subungual melanoma