Acquired nonscarring diffuse hair loss in a 3-year-old girl

Matthias Möhrenschlager; Ingrid Weichenmeier; Roger Lauener; Wolf-Ingo Worret; Johannnes Ring; Heidrun Behrendt

doi:10.1007/s00431-010-1257-9

Acquired nonscarring diffuse hair loss in a 3-year-old girl

Eur J Pediatr. 2011 Jan;170(1):127-8. doi: 10.1007/s00431-010-1257-9. Epub 2010 Jul 29.

Authors

Matthias Möhrenschlager¹, Ingrid Weichenmeier, Roger Lauener, Wolf-Ingo Worret, Johannnes Ring, Heidrun Behrendt

Affiliation

¹ Department o f Dermatology and Allergology, Allergieklinik, Hochgebirgsklinik, Herman-Burchard-Street 1, 7265 Davos, Switzerland. matthias.moehrenschlager@hgk.ch

PMID: 20669032
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-010-1257-9

Abstract

A 3-year-old girl showed fine, sparse, and brittle scalp hair without signs of cicatricial cutaneous alterations. Dermoscopy as well as scanning electron microscopy revealed elliptical nodes as well as constricted regions along the hair shaft.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Alopecia / etiology*
Alopecia / pathology
Child, Preschool
Dermoscopy
Female
Hair / pathology
Hair / ultrastructure
Humans
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Monilethrix / diagnosis*
Monilethrix / pathology*
Scalp / pathology
Scalp / ultrastructure