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Multiple Hair Whorls in a Child with Normal Cranial and Neurologic Development
Author(s) -
Malathi Munisamy,
Chandrasekhar Laxmisha,
Thappa Devinder M.
Publication year - 2013
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/pde.12203
Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , anatomy , dermatology
Hair whorls are a normal characteristic of the human scalp and abnormally placed or absent whorls have been associated with cranial or neurologic abnormalities. We report a case of multiple whorls in a child with normal neurologic development. We also include a brief review of the literature on the development of hair whorls and their associations.