A rare cause of irrevocable childhood alopecia feigning alopecia universalis: Atrichia congenita with papular lesions

Autor:	Sai Sreenivasulu Nookala, UVS Akhila Reddy
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	General Chemical Engineering
Zdroj:	IP Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 8:202-204
ISSN:	2581-4729 2581-4710
DOI:	10.18231/j.ijced.2022.042
Popis:	Atrichia congenita with papular lesions is rare, autosomal recessive condition that leads to complete hairloss which is irreversible and with keratin filled papular lesions. An insertion mutation in the exon 2 of hairless gene is responsible for the hairloss. Middle and lower portions of hair follicle are replaced by keratinizing cysts with absence of hair shafts. We here by reporting a case of 8-year-old girl with complete hairloss over scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, and body which started at birth and complete hairloss was gradual by 9 months age on view of its rarity and misdiagnosis.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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