Open AccessWoolly hair nevus: A rare entity
Author(s) -
Venugopal Vijayakumar,
Subashini Karthikeyan,
Pushpa Gnanaraj,
Murali Narasimhan
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 - 10.4103/0974-7753.96090
Subject(s) - dermatology , nevus , medicine , hair disease , pathology , melanoma , cancer research
Woolly hair nevus is a rare non-hereditary focal condition characterized by unruly and tightly coiled hair. It can appear in childhood or adolescence and may be associated with epidermal or melanocytic nevus. Patients presenting with woolly hair must be examined completely to rule out cardiofaciocutaneous and Noonan syndrome.