Uncombable hair syndrome

Abel D. Jarell, Mark A. Hall, Leonard C. Sperling*

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Abstract

A 4-year-old boy was noted to have unruly, spangled hair, which could not be combed flat. His mother reported that his hair had always had that texture and that it seemed to grow slowly. A hair pull test demonstrated that hairs could not be easily extracted, and light microscopic examination of the hair revealed pathognomonic characteristics of uncombable hair syndrome, including a triangular cross-sectional shape and canal-like longitudinal depressions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)436-438
Number of pages3
JournalPediatric Dermatology
Volume24
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2007
Externally publishedYes

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