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Uncombable Hair Syndrome
Author(s) -
JARELL ABEL D.,
HALL MARK A.,
SPERLING LEONARD C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00475.x
Subject(s) - pathognomonic , medicine , vellus hair , hair shaft , hair disease , anatomy , dermatology , pathology , hair follicle , endocrinology , scalp , disease
A 4‐year‐old boy was noted to have unruly, spangled hair, which could not be combed flat. His mother reported that his hair had always had that texture and that it seemed to grow slowly. A hair pull test demonstrated that hairs could not be easily extracted, and light microscopic examination of the hair revealed pathognomonic characteristics of uncombable hair syndrome, including a triangular cross‐sectional shape and canal‐like longitudinal depressions.