[Nevoid bundle hairs]

Hautarzt. 1991 Mar;42(3):189-91.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We report on two cases of naevoid bundle hair of the scalp. The clinical picture is characterized by an abnormal grouping of hairs emerging from one follicle ostium. The hairs arise from separate follicles but fuse into a common outer hair root sheath in the above the sebaceous gland. The outer hair root sheath is characterized by its abnormal reactivity with monoclonal antibodies against keratin but normal reactivity with anti-filaggrin. Naevoid bundle hair is thought to be an atavistic hair growth pattern.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Filaggrin Proteins
  • Hair / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nevus, Pigmented / pathology*
  • Scalp / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • FLG protein, human
  • Filaggrin Proteins