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ChapterDermatology Hair and Nail Disorders

Hair Shaft Abnormalities

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1

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?

ABacterial culture

BBiopsy and giemsa staining

CPatch test, gram staining and Tzank smear

DKOH mount

2

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?

AAlopecia areata

BTinea capitis

CPediculosis capitis

DPyoderma

3

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:

ATurner syndrome

BTesticular feminization

CGonadal dysgenesis

DMullerian agenesis

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