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- Title
Multiple Hair Whorls in a Child with Normal Cranial and Neurologic Development.
- Authors
Malathi, Munisamy; Chandrasekhar, Laxmisha; Thappa, Devinder M.
- 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.
- Subjects
HAIR diseases; DISEASES; SCALP; HAIR manifestations of general diseases; SKULL base abnormalities; NEUROLOGICAL disorders
- Publication
Pediatric Dermatology, 2013, Vol 30, Issue 5, p630
- ISSN
0736-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pde.12203