Open AccessCongenital atrichia associated with situs inversus and mesocardia
Author(s) -
S Sacchidanand,
Sahana,
Ravi Hiremagalore,
GS Asha
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of trichology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 0974-9241
pISSN - 0974-7753
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7753.100093
Subject(s) - situs inversus , medicine , dextrocardia , differential diagnosis , abdomen , scalp , transposition (logic) , dermatology , anatomy , surgery , pathology , linguistics , philosophy
Congenital alopecia includes a broad differential diagnosis and presents a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the physician. Congenital atrichia is a rare form of irreversible alopecia that is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive pattern. We report a 2-year-old male child presenting with total alopecia of scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and body hair since birth. The child had cardiac malposition with situs inversus of the viscera. Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed median position of the heart with transposition of abdominal viscera. To our knowledge, this is the first case of congenital atrichia associated with situs inversus and mesocardia.