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Case Reports
. 1993 Mar;10(1):29-31.
doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1993.tb00007.x.

Acute alopecia: clue to thallium toxicity

J Feldman  1 , D R Levisohn
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Acute alopecia: clue to thallium toxicity

J Feldman et al. Pediatr Dermatol. 1993 Mar.

Abstract

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.

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