Hair Shaft Abnormalities — MCQs

A 10-year-old boy presented with painful boggy swelling of scalp, multiple sinuses with purulent discharge, easily pluckable hair, and lymph nodes enlarged in occipital region, which of the following would be most helpful for diagnostic evaluation?

A child presents with multiple patchy areas of hair loss, scales, and itching. The sister also had similar lesions. What is the most likely diagnosis?

A girl presents with primary amenorrhea, grade V thelarche (mature breast), grade II pubarche (sparse growth of pubic hair) and no axillary hair. Likely diagnosis is:

Patchy hair loss with hyperhidrosis of skin points to the diagnosis of -

A patient presents with compulsive hair pulling resulting in irregular patchy hair loss. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Best diagnostic test for fungal skin infection –

HAIR-AN syndrome consists of which of the following?

Exclamation mark hair pattern is seen in

Consider the following regarding the human hair growth cycle : I. Anagen is a phase of active hair growth II. Telogen is a transitional phase III. Catagen is a resting phase Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

The growth phase of hair is