hair shaft anomalies
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Types
hair shaft structural defects with increased fragility
- moniletrix (beading of hair)
- pseudomonilethrix
- pili torti (twisting of hair)
- Bjornstad syndrome - Crabdall syndrome
- Netherton syndrome
- trichorrhexis nodosa
- trichothiodystrophy
- Marinesco-Sjögren syndrome
hair shaft structural defects usually without increased fragility
- pili annaulati (ringed hair)
- woolly hair
- acquired progressive kinking of the hair
- Uncombable hair syndrome
- straight hair nevus
- loose anagen hair syndrome
hair shaft pigmentation anomalies
other anomalies of the hair shaft
- trichoclasis
- trichoptilosis
- circle hairs
- trichomalacia
- trichoschisis
- Pohl-Pinkus constriction
- tapered hairs
- bayonet hairs
- trichonodosis (knotted hairs)
- trichostasis spinulosa
- multiple hair
- peripilar keratin casts (pseudonits)
- weathering of the hair shaft
- hair shaft longitudinal ridging and grooving
- bubble hair
Hair shaft lesions
paint-brush tip
See also
hair shafts