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Jeffrey Newman, MD, PhD

Diagnosis

circle hair corkscrew hair

Body Site

trunk

Age

70 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

follicular

Color

skin color brown

Morphology

papule

Pattern

generalized, disseminated

Comments

This healthy 70-year-old man developed circle hairs as a result of entrapment of growing hair shafts in the stratum corneum. This finding is related to poor hygiene rather than nutritional deficiency and, specifically, vitamin C deficiency.

Description

circle hairs entrapped in superficial scale

Categories

hair disorders

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3/14/2009 15:15:08

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