You might associate autoimmune conditions with symptoms like skin disease, chronic pain, and fatigue. A less-discussed symptom of autoimmune diseases? Hair loss.

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that has an underlying immuno-inflammatory pathogenesis and develops when the immune system attacks the body’s hair follicles, causing hair to fall out.

Small areas of scarring alopecia gradually appear and may become extensive and impressive, leaving large areas of bare scalp with continued active disease at the periphery (see Figure 7).

ABSTRACT: Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by dextrocardia associated with reverse anatomical position of abdominal and thoracic organs. We report a case of SIT ...

ABSTRACT: Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by dextrocardia associated with reverse anatomical position of abdominal and thoracic organs. We report a case of SIT ...