Acquired nonscarring diffuse hair loss in a 3-year-old girl.
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.
Möhrenschlager
Matthias
M
Department o f Dermatology and Allergology, Allergieklinik, Hochgebirgsklinik, Herman-Burchard-Street 1, 7265 Davos, Switzerland. matthias.moehrenschlager@hgk.ch
Weichenmeier
Ingrid
I
Lauener
Roger
R
Worret
Wolf-Ingo
WI
Ring
Johannnes
J
Behrendt
Heidrun
H
D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D056734:Monilethrix / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure