Open AccessMonilethrix: One step more on the ladder of cytogenetics
Author(s) -
Ashish Singh,
S Ambujam,
S Srikanth,
AN Uma
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.4103/0974-7753.66907
Subject(s) - dermatology , cytogenetics , nail (fastener) , medicine , hair shaft , biology , genetics , hair follicle , materials science , chromosome , gene , metallurgy
Monilethrix is one of the hair shaft abnormalities with increased fragility of hair. Here we describe a ten-year-old girl with a history of hair loss and breakage of hair since three months of age, associated with keratosis pilaris along with an abnormal microscopic finding of a hair shaft. A cytogenetic study of the patient showed an unexpectedly high degree of Acrocentric association.