title: Acquired progressive kinking of hair affecting the scalp and eyelashes in an adult woman.
abstract: Acquired hair kinking of scalp hair in adults is an unusual, rarely reported phenomenon. There are several possible aetiologies, including drug-induced changes, diffuse partial woolly hair, and acquired progressive kinking of hair (APKH). We report a case of focal APKH occurring in an adult woman. This was associated with a previously unreported feature, that of eyelash involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK. alisonmacdonald21@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D005140:Eyelashes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000473:pathology; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged