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Anagen Effluvium Following Acute Colchicine Poisoning
- Source :
- International Journal of Trichology
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 2016.
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Abstract
- We present a case of a 17-year-old girl admitted to the Psychiatric Department recovering from a suicide attempt with colchicine. One week after poisoning, a sudden onset of hair loss was observed. Positive hair pull test and trichoscopy demonstrated the presence of anagen hairs with pigmented long roots covered by the root sheaths. Colchicine poisoning is an uncommon, but potentially life-threatening toxicologic emergency. An overdose of colchicine inhibits cell division, and thus the most affected organs are those which have a high rate of cell turnover. Hair loss resulting from colchicine poisoning presents as anagen effluvium, as it occurs with an exposure to toxic chemicals. Pharmacotherapy or specific treatment is not usually required, since the follicle resumes its normal activity after withdrawal of the antimitotic factors.
- Subjects :
- Anagen effluvium
medicine.medical_specialty
Physiology
Case Report
Dermatology
effluvium
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
colchicine
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Follicle
0302 clinical medicine
Pharmacotherapy
Internal medicine
medicine
Colchicine
Colchicine poisoning
anagen
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
integumentary system
business.industry
Alopecia
medicine.disease
Trichoscopy
Endocrinology
Hair loss
chemistry
medicine.symptom
business
Sudden onset
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09749241 and 09747753
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Trichology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6fda7826e56e2f755695636aa672c22e