HPI: The patient is a 77-year-old woman who was seen for alopecia, which has been present for about eight months now. This followed chemotherapy for nonhodgkin’s lymphoma. She has a history of alopecia areata decades ago which resolved on its own.
O/E: The examination shows that this patient has alopecia universalis. She has a few eyelashes but no eyebrows, no body hair, no scalp hair.
DX: Alopecia universalis following chemotherapy. This is unusual. There is one report of alopecia universalis following treatment for hepatitis C with ribavirin and interferon.
PLAN: I am going to get a list from her of the medications she was treated with for NHL and see if there are any reports on this. I will also run this be some colleagues.
Question: Has anyone seen a similar patient?
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