PANCE Exam Practice Questions: Quiz 95

A generally healthy prepubescent 10-year-old female presents with concerns of recent nonpruritic hair loss on her scalp. She denies trauma, recent illness, fever, or endocrine disorders. What is the most likely physical feature of her hair loss?
- A. 20% to 50% of hair loss with large numbers of hairs with white bulbs after gentle tugging
- B. several 1- to 4-cm oval patches of hair loss with smooth skin and short stubs of new hair
- C. patchy areas of hair loss with fine scale and no inflammation
- D. triangular frontal–temporal recession of hair

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