Androgenetic Alopecia and Thyroid Cancer: Coincidence or More?
January 2022
in “
Clinical Cases in Dermatology
”
TLDR The document suggests a possible link between hair loss and thyroid cancer, but doesn't provide definite proof.
The document presents a case of a 26-year-old female patient who developed diffuse hair loss over a few years. Her medical history includes thyroid cancer (specifically, papillary thyroid cancer T4N1M0) eight years prior, which was treated with thyroidectomy and subsequent radiotherapy. Following these treatments, she developed hypothyroidism and hypoparathyroidism and was given thyroxin as a substitute. The document suggests a potential link between androgenetic alopecia and thyroid cancer, although it does not provide conclusive evidence.
