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Acquired abnormal hair pattern

MedGen UID:
868985
•Concept ID:
C4023399
•
Anatomical Abnormality
HPO: HP:0011360

Definition

An abnormality of the distribution of hair growth that is acquired during the course of life. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAcquired abnormal hair pattern

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Ichthyosis: etiology, diagnosis, and management.
DiGiovanna JJ, Robinson-Bostom L
Am J Clin Dermatol 2003;4(2):81-95. doi: 10.2165/00128071-200304020-00002. PMID: 12553849
The median cleft face syndrome. Differential diagnosis of cranium bifidum occultum, hypertelorism, and median cleft nose, lip, and palate.
DeMyer W
Neurology 1967 Oct;17(10):961-71. doi: 10.1212/wnl.17.10.961. PMID: 6069608

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hair loss in children.
Alves R, Grimalt R
Curr Probl Dermatol 2015;47:55-66. Epub 2015 Feb 20 doi: 10.1159/000369405. PMID: 26370644
Light microscopic hair abnormalities in children: retrospective review of 119 cases in a 10-year period.
Shao L, Newell B
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2014 Jan-Feb;17(1):36-43. Epub 2013 Nov 19 doi: 10.2350/13-09-1375-OA.1. PMID: 24251687
Ichthyosis: etiology, diagnosis, and management.
DiGiovanna JJ, Robinson-Bostom L
Am J Clin Dermatol 2003;4(2):81-95. doi: 10.2165/00128071-200304020-00002. PMID: 12553849
Acquired partial curly hair.
Ferrando J, Grimalt R
Eur J Dermatol 1999 Oct-Nov;9(7):544-7. PMID: 10523733
Median facial malformations and their implications for brain malformations.
DeMyer W
Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser 1975;11(7):155-81. PMID: 764897

Diagnosis

Hair loss in children.
Alves R, Grimalt R
Curr Probl Dermatol 2015;47:55-66. Epub 2015 Feb 20 doi: 10.1159/000369405. PMID: 26370644
Light microscopic hair abnormalities in children: retrospective review of 119 cases in a 10-year period.
Shao L, Newell B
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2014 Jan-Feb;17(1):36-43. Epub 2013 Nov 19 doi: 10.2350/13-09-1375-OA.1. PMID: 24251687
Ichthyosis: etiology, diagnosis, and management.
DiGiovanna JJ, Robinson-Bostom L
Am J Clin Dermatol 2003;4(2):81-95. doi: 10.2165/00128071-200304020-00002. PMID: 12553849
Vitiligo.
Le Poole C, Boissy RE
Semin Cutan Med Surg 1997 Mar;16(1):3-14. doi: 10.1016/s1085-5629(97)80030-2. PMID: 9125760
The pattern of shortening of the bones of the hand in PHP and PPHP--A comparison with brachydactyly E, Turner Syndrome, and acrodysostosis.
Poznanski AK, Werder EA, Giedion A, Martin A, Shaw H
Radiology 1977 Jun;123(3):707-18. doi: 10.1148/123.3.707. PMID: 870942

Therapy

Phrynoderma and acquired acrodermatitis enteropathica in breastfeeding women after bariatric surgery.
Monshi B, Stockinger T, Vigl K, Richter L, Weihsengruber F, Rappersberger K
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2015 Nov;13(11):1147-54. doi: 10.1111/ddg.12795. PMID: 26513075
Hair loss in children.
Alves R, Grimalt R
Curr Probl Dermatol 2015;47:55-66. Epub 2015 Feb 20 doi: 10.1159/000369405. PMID: 26370644
Ichthyosis: etiology, diagnosis, and management.
DiGiovanna JJ, Robinson-Bostom L
Am J Clin Dermatol 2003;4(2):81-95. doi: 10.2165/00128071-200304020-00002. PMID: 12553849
Vitiligo.
Le Poole C, Boissy RE
Semin Cutan Med Surg 1997 Mar;16(1):3-14. doi: 10.1016/s1085-5629(97)80030-2. PMID: 9125760

Prognosis

Ichthyosis: etiology, diagnosis, and management.
DiGiovanna JJ, Robinson-Bostom L
Am J Clin Dermatol 2003;4(2):81-95. doi: 10.2165/00128071-200304020-00002. PMID: 12553849
Acquired partial curly hair.
Ferrando J, Grimalt R
Eur J Dermatol 1999 Oct-Nov;9(7):544-7. PMID: 10523733
Median facial malformations and their implications for brain malformations.
DeMyer W
Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser 1975;11(7):155-81. PMID: 764897

Clinical prediction guides

Phrynoderma and acquired acrodermatitis enteropathica in breastfeeding women after bariatric surgery.
Monshi B, Stockinger T, Vigl K, Richter L, Weihsengruber F, Rappersberger K
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2015 Nov;13(11):1147-54. doi: 10.1111/ddg.12795. PMID: 26513075
Hair loss in children.
Alves R, Grimalt R
Curr Probl Dermatol 2015;47:55-66. Epub 2015 Feb 20 doi: 10.1159/000369405. PMID: 26370644
Vitiligo.
Le Poole C, Boissy RE
Semin Cutan Med Surg 1997 Mar;16(1):3-14. doi: 10.1016/s1085-5629(97)80030-2. PMID: 9125760
The plasticity of the Purkinje cell.
Urich H
Clin Exp Neurol 1984;20:203-15. PMID: 6568942
Median facial malformations and their implications for brain malformations.
DeMyer W
Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser 1975;11(7):155-81. PMID: 764897

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