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Acute Alopecia: Clue to Thallium Toxicity
Author(s) -
Feldman Jerry,
Levisohn Dianne R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1993.tb00007.x
Subject(s) - pathognomonic , medicine , thallium , toxicity , hair loss , dermatology , pathology , disease , inorganic chemistry , chemistry
The combination of rapid, diffuse alopecia, and neurologic and gastrointestinal disturbance is pathognomonic for thallium toxicity. The hair mount, showing a tapered or bayonet anagen hair with black pigmentation at the base, may be highly diagnostic before the onset of alopecia. We saw a 10‐year‐old boy who suffered from thallium poisoning.