Abstract
IT has been said that as biochemical acumen and dependence on the clinical laboratory increase, enthusiasm and proficiency in physical diagnosis decrease. In this paper we describe 2 cases of attempted abortion with cancer chemotherapeutic drugs in which the diagnosis was first suspected (and later confirmed) from the bedside study of a relatively neglected skin appendage — the hair shaft. Case Reports Case 1. A 21-year-old woman was referred by her internist because of acute loss of scalp hair. The pertinent past history given initially by the patient was that she had had an influenza syndrome 2 weeks previously. She . . .
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