title: Multiple hair whorls in a child with normal cranial and neurologic development.
abstract: Hair whorls are a normal characteristic of the human scalp and abnormally placed or absent whorls have been associated with cranial or neurologic abnormalities. We report a case of multiple whorls in a child with normal neurologic development. We also include a brief review of the literature on the development of hair whorls and their associations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and STD, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Munisamy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malathi
authors.forename: Laxmisha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chandrasekhar
authors.forename: Devinder M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Thappa
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006197:Hair / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006201:Hair Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009420:Nervous System / Q000254:growth & development*; D012535:Scalp / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012886:Skull / Q000254:growth & development*