DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Usually present at birth or immediately thereafter, solitary (more rarely multiple), circumscribed, spot-like multiplication of pigmented terminal hairs arranged in the Blaschko lines without associated cutaneous or systemic malformations. A special form is anterior cervical hypertrichosis.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Trattner A et al (1991) Familial congenital anterior cervical hypertrichosis with peripheral sensory and motor neuropathy - a new syndrome? J Am Acad Dermatol 25: 767-770
- Trueb RM (2008) Hypertrichosis. dermatologist 59: 325-338
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