The tables below records disorders known to involve alopecia.
The first table lists disorders where alopecia is a primary symptom.
The second table lists disorders where alopecia can be one of several
symptoms. Typically the other symptoms are of greater concern and
health or life threatening.
The clinical distinction between alopecia and hypotrichosis is
that alopecia involves hair growth that is later lost. Hypotrichosis
is a lack of any hair growth. The distinction between alopecia and
hypotrichosis is not clear cut for many disorders. Some dermatologists
will disagree with my listing. You may find some disorders in both
the alopecia and hypotrichosis listings. This is not necessarily
a complete list of disorders involving alopecia. Links to relevant
web pages on the Online
Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) web database are given where
possible.
Where a disorder is known by more than one name, alternative
names are given in the second column and the record duplicated
in the first column under each respective name. Brackets around
alternative disorder names indicate an indirect association, for
example a subcategory of the disorder. These records are not duplicated
in the first column.
| Disorders with alopecia as a primary symptom |
Alternative names for disorder |
Links to OMIM web pages for disorder (where available) |
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| Alopecia areata |
(Alopecia totalis,
Alopecia universalis) |
104000 |
| Alopecia cicatrisata |
Pseudopelade of Brocq
(Pseudopelade) |
|
| Alopecia totalis |
Alopecia areata |
104000 |
| Alopecia universalis |
Alopecia areata |
104000 |
| Alopecia keratosis pilaris |
|
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| Alopecia triangularis |
|
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| Anagen effluvium |
|
|
| Androgeneic alopecia |
(Pattern baldness) |
109200 |
| Androgenetic alopecia |
(Pattern baldness) |
109200 |
| Area celsi |
Alopecia areata |
104000 |
| Bacterial follicultiis |
|
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| Black piedra |
|
|
| Blackdot ringworm |
|
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| Cemical alopecia |
(Necrotic alopecia) |
|
| Cicatrical alopecia |
|
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| Chronic telogen effluvium |
|
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| Dermatophyte infection |
|
|
| Diet deficiency induced alopecia |
(Telogen effluvium) |
|
| Diffuse alopecia |
|
|
| Dissecting cellulitis |
Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (Hoffman)
(Dissecting folliculitis) |
260910 |
| Drug induced alopecia |
(Telogen effluvium) |
|
| Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis |
Ofuji syndrome |
|
| Erosive pustular dermatosis |
Folliculitis decalvans |
|
| Familial focal alopecia |
|
104110 |
| Feldman syndrome |
|
|
| Female pattern baldness |
(Pattern baldness) |
109200 |
| Follicular degeneration syndrome |
Hot comb alopecia |
|
| Folliculitis barbae |
|
|
| Folliculitis decalvans |
Erosive pustular dermatosis (Folliculite epilante,
Folliculitis depilans) |
|
| Folliculitis keloidalis |
(Acne keloidalis nuchae,
dermatitis papillaris capillitii) |
|
| Graham-Little syndrome |
|
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| Herpes simplex folliculitis |
|
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| Herpes zoster folliculitis |
|
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| Hot comb alopecia |
Follicular degeneration syndrome |
|
| Involutional alopecia |
(Senescent alopecia,
Senile alopecia) |
|
| Ischemic alopecia |
(Pressure alopecia,
Vasoconstriction alopecia) |
|
| Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans cum ophiasi |
|
308800 |
| Lichen planopilaris |
(Lichen planus) |
|
| Lipedematous alopecia |
|
|
| Loose anagen syndrome |
Loose hair syndrome
(Loose anagen hair) |
600628 |
| Loose hair syndrome |
Loose anagen syndrome
(Loose anagen hair) |
600628 |
| Male pattern baldness |
Androgenetic alopecia
(Pattern baldness) |
109200 |
| Mechanically induced alopecia |
Traction alopecia |
|
| Mixed inflammatory alopecia |
|
|
| Occipital alopecia |
(Physiological) |
|
| Occipital alopecia areata |
Alopecia areata |
104000 |
| Ofuji syndrome |
Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis |
|
| Papular atrichia |
Congenital atrichia? |
209500
203655 |
| Pattern Baldness |
Androgenetic alopecia |
109200 |
| Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens of Hoffman |
Dissecting cellulitis
(Dissecting folliculitis) |
|
| Perinevoid alopecia areata |
|
104000 |
| Postpartum alopecia |
(Telogen effluvium) |
|
| Pseudofolliculitis barbae |
|
|
| Pseudopelade of Brocq |
Alopecia cicatrisata
(Pseudopelade) |
|
| Ringworm |
Tinea capitis |
|
| Sarcoidosis |
|
|
| Scarring alopecia |
Cicatrical alopecia
Permanent alopecia |
|
| Telogen effluvium |
|
|
| Thermal alopecia |
(Necrotic alopecia) |
|
| Tick bite induced alopecia |
|
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| Tinea capitis |
Ringworm |
|
| Traction alopecia |
Mechanically induced alopecia |
|
| Traction folliculitis |
|
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| Traumatic alopecia |
(Necrotic alopecia) |
|
| Triangular alopecia |
|
|
| Trichomycosis axillaris |
|
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| Trichotillomania |
|
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| Tufted hair folliculitis |
|
|
| Vaccination induced alopecia |
(Telogen effluvium?) |
|
| Disorders with alopecia as a secondary symptom |
Alternative names for disorder |
Links to OMIM web pages for disorder (where available) |
| |
|
|
| Acrodermatitis enteropathica |
Zinc deficiency |
201100 |
| Alopecia mucinosa |
|
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| Alopecia-epilepsy-oligophrenia syndrome of Moynahan |
Moynahan syndrome |
203600 |
| Alopecia ichthyotica |
(Congenital ichthyosis) |
242300 |
| Aminoacidurias |
|
|
| Amyloidosis |
|
105250
301220 |
| Anemia |
(Various) |
List |
| Angiosarcoma |
|
|
| Alopecia congenita with keratosis palmoplantaris |
|
104100 |
| Aplasia cutis congenita |
(Congenital defects of skull and scalp) |
107600
107601
207731
600360
601075 |
| Atrophodermia vermiculata |
Folliculitis ulerythematosa,
Hot comb atrophy,
Atrophodermia reticulata |
209700 |
| Bacterial folliculitis |
|
|
| Baraitser syndrome |
|
|
| Basel cell carcinoma |
|
|
| Bazex syndrome |
Follicular atrophoderma and basel cell carcinoma syndrome,
Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome |
301845 |
| Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome |
Follicular atrophoderma and basel cell carcinoma syndrome,
Bazex syndrome |
301845 |
| Biotin (vitamin B complex) deficiency |
Biotin responsive disorder |
|
| Biotinidase deficiency |
Biotin responsive disorder, Multiple carboxylase deficiency |
253260 |
| Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome |
Incontinentia pigmenti type I |
308300 |
| Cancer |
(Various) |
List |
| Cantu syndrome |
|
114620 |
| Carcinoma |
(Various) |
List |
| Chemotherapy |
|
|
| Cicatrical pemphigoid |
|
|
| Congenital Hemidysplasia with Ichthyosiform erythroderma and
Limb Defects (CHILD) syndrome |
|
308050 |
| Congenital atrichia |
(Papular atrichia?) |
203655
209500 |
| Crohn disease |
(Inflammatory bowel disease) |
266600 |
| Cronkite-Canada syndrome |
|
|
| Darier disease |
Keratosis follicularis |
124200 |
| Diabetes |
(Various) |
List |
| Dialysis induced alopecia |
|
|
| Discoid lupus erythematosus |
|
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| Dissecting folliculitis |
Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (Hoffman) |
|
| Down syndrome |
(Trisomy 21) |
190685 |
| Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome |
|
131400 |
| Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita |
|
|
| Epidermolysis bullosa |
|
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| Erosive pustular dermatosis |
|
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| Erythrokeratoderma variabilis |
Greither syndrome |
133200 |
| Favus |
|
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| Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva |
|
135100 |
| Follicular atrophoderma and basel cell carcinoma syndrome |
Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome,
Bazex syndrome |
301845 |
| Follicular occulsion triad |
|
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| Follicular degeneration syndrome |
|
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| Follicular hyperkeratosis |
|
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| Folliculitis keloidalis |
|
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| Glucagonoma syndrome |
|
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| Greither syndrome |
Erythrokeratoderma variabilis |
133200 |
| Hallerman-Streiff syndrome |
|
|
| Hamartomas |
|
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| Hartnup disease |
|
234500 |
| Hemifacial atrophy, progressive |
Parry-Romberg syndrome |
141300 |
| Hemochromatosis |
|
235200
602390 |
| Hidradenitis suppurativa |
|
142690 |
| Hodgkin disease |
|
236000 |
| Holocarboxylase deficiency |
Biotin deficiency,
Multiple synthetase carboxylase deficiency |
253270 |
| Homocystinuria |
|
236200 |
| Hypersensitivity disorders |
(Various) |
List |
| Hypomelanosis of Ito |
Incontinentia pigmenti achromians |
146150 |
| Ichthyosis follicularis |
|
|
| Incontinentia pigmenti type I |
Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome |
308300 |
| Incontinentia pigmenti type II |
|
308310 |
| Incontinentia pigmenti achromians |
Hypomelanosis of Ito |
146150 |
| Inflammatory bowel disease |
|
601458
191390
266600 |
| Insect bites |
|
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| Keratosis follicularis |
Darier disease |
124200 |
| Keloidal folliculitis |
|
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| Keratosis pilaris |
|
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| Keratosis pilaris atrophicans |
|
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| Keratosis pilaris decalvans |
|
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| Keratosis follicularis |
|
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| Kerion |
(Various) |
List |
| Kinky hair syndrome |
Menkes syndrome,
Steely hair disease
(copper transport disease) |
309400 |
| Kwashiorkor |
|
|
| Leishmaniasis |
|
|
| Leukemia |
(Various) |
List |
| Linear sebaceous nevus syndrome |
Nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn |
163200 |
| Lipedematous alopecia |
|
|
| Lipoid proteinosis |
|
|
| Lupus erthyematosus |
|
152700 |
| Lymphoma |
(Various) |
List
|
| Lymphoproliferative disorders |
|
601859 |
| Malnutrition |
|
|
| Menkes syndrome |
Kinky hair syndrome,
Steely hair disease
(copper transport disease) |
309400 |
| Metastatic diseases |
(Various) |
List |
| Mineral deficiencies |
|
|
| Morphea |
|
|
| Moth eaten alopecia |
Syphilis |
|
| Moynahan syndrome |
Alopecia-epilepsy-oligophrenia syndrome of Moynahan |
203600 |
| Multiple carboxylase deficiency |
Biotin responsive disorder,
Biotinidase deficiency |
253260 |
| Multiple synthetase carboxylase deficiency |
Biotin deficiency,
Holocarboxylase deficiency |
253270 |
| Multiple sclerosis |
|
126200 |
| Mycosis fungoides |
|
254400 |
| Myositis ossificans progressiva |
|
|
| Neoplasm |
(Various) |
List |
| Nevi |
(Various) |
List |
| Nevus sebaceus of Jadassohn |
Linear sebaceous nevus syndrome |
163200 |
| Olmstead syndrome |
|
|
| Pachyonychia congenita |
|
167200
167210 |
| Palmoplantar hyperkeratosis |
(Various) |
List |
| Parry-Romberg syndrome |
Hemifacial atrophy, progressive |
141300 |
| Perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens (Hoffman) |
Dissecting folliculitis |
|
| Physiological stress |
|
|
| Pink disease |
|
|
| Pityriasis amiantacea |
|
|
| Poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract |
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome |
268400 |
| Poland anomaly |
|
173800 |
| Polycystic ovary syndrome |
Stein-Leventhal syndrome |
184700 |
| Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome |
|
269200
240300 |
| Porokeratosis of Mibelli |
|
175800 |
| Porphyria |
|
176000
176010
176090
176100
176200
263700 |
| Postpartum alopecia |
|
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| Pregnancy |
|
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| Premature senility |
|
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| Pressure injury |
|
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| Progeria |
|
176670 |
| Protein malnutrition |
|
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| Pseudofolliculitis barbae |
|
|
| Psoriasis |
|
177900
601454
602723 |
| Radiation induced alopecia |
|
|
| Ringworm |
Tinea capitis |
|
| Rothmund-Thomson syndrome |
Poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract |
268400 |
| Scleroderma |
|
181750 |
| Seborrheic dermatitis |
|
|
| Secondary syphilis |
|
|
| Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) |
|
202500
312863
600802
601457
602450 |
| Sezary syndrome |
|
|
| Sheehan syndrome |
|
|
| Sicca syndrome |
Sjogren syndrome |
270150 |
| Sjogren syndrome |
Sicca syndrome |
270150 |
| Squamous cell carcinoma |
|
|
| Steely hair disease |
Menkes syndrome,
Kinky hair syndrome
(Copper transport disease) |
309400 |
| Stein-Leventhal syndrome |
Polycystic ovary syndrome |
184700 |
| Stress |
|
|
| Syphilis |
Moth eaten alopecia |
|
| Syringolymphoid hyperplasia |
|
|
| Syringoma |
|
186600 |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus |
|
152700 |
| Thyroid disorders |
(Various) |
List |
| Tinea capitis |
Ringworm |
|
| Trauma |
|
|
| Traumatic alopecia |
|
|
| Treacher-Collins syndrome |
Mandibulofacial dystosis |
154500 |
| Trichomalacia |
|
|
| Tuberculoid leprosy |
|
246300 |
| Tuberculosis |
|
|
| Ulcerative colitis |
(Inflammatory bowel disease) |
191390 |
| Ulerythema ophryogenes |
|
|
| Vitamin deficiencies |
|
|
| Vitiligo |
|
193200 |
| Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome |
|
|
| Vohwinkel syndrome |
|
193200 |
| Weight loss |
|
|
| Zinc deficiency |
Acrodermatitis enteropathica |
201100 |
