Nevoid hypertrichosis with multiple patches of hair that underwent almost complete spontaneous resolution

T E Dudding; M Rogers; L G Roddick; J Relic; M J Edwards

doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980923)79:3<195::aid-ajmg8>3.0.co;2-m

Nevoid hypertrichosis with multiple patches of hair that underwent almost complete spontaneous resolution

Am J Med Genet. 1998 Sep 23;79(3):195-6. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980923)79:3<195::aid-ajmg8>3.0.co;2-m.

Authors

T E Dudding¹, M Rogers, L G Roddick, J Relic, M J Edwards

Affiliation

¹ Hunter Genetics, Waratah, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 9788560
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980923)79:3<195::aid-ajmg8>3.0.co;2-m

Abstract

Four cases with multiple patches of nevoid hypertrichosis have been reported. This fifth patient had multiple patches of nevoid hypertrichosis that underwent almost complete spontaneous resolution. Areas of unaffected skin showed depigmentation that followed the lines of Blaschko.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Female
Hair / pathology*
Humans
Hypertrichosis / pathology*
Infant, Newborn
Mosaicism
Nevus / pathology*
Pigmentation
Remission, Spontaneous