Hypertrichosis, congenital circumscripts Q84.2

Circumscribed congenital hypertrichosis, e.g. hypertrichia of the ear with Y-linked inheritance and fur cap-like hairline in atopic eczema. S.a.under.

• Hypertrichosis dorsalis superior
• Hypertrichosis dorsolumbalis
• Klein-Waardenburg syndrome
• Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome/circumscribed hypertrichosis at the elbow/back) (mutations in the KMT2A gene)
• Nevus pigmentosus et pilosus
• Woolly nevus
• Becker nevus
• Ectopic hair follicles.

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