Woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality: A rare case report
Woolly hair is a rare hair shaft abnormality characterized by extremely curly hair. It can occur in isolation or be associated with palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) and cardiac defects. Here, we report a 3-year-old child with woolly hair and PPK without any cardiac manifestations. We report this case...
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| author | Saritha Mohanan Alagammai Krishnappan Udayashankar Carounanidhi Ramachandran V Bhat |
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| description | Woolly hair is a rare hair shaft abnormality characterized by extremely curly hair. It can occur in isolation or be associated with palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) and cardiac defects. Here, we report a 3-year-old child with woolly hair and PPK without any cardiac manifestations. We report this case because of its rarity and to stress the importance of cardiac assessment in children with woolly hair. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21f10093a9254806adc0f0cf7381360a2022-12-22T00:15:42ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology2319-72502020-01-01211474910.4103/ijpd.IJPD_73_19Woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality: A rare case reportSaritha MohananAlagammai KrishnappanUdayashankar CarounanidhiRamachandran V BhatWoolly hair is a rare hair shaft abnormality characterized by extremely curly hair. It can occur in isolation or be associated with palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) and cardiac defects. Here, we report a 3-year-old child with woolly hair and PPK without any cardiac manifestations. We report this case because of its rarity and to stress the importance of cardiac assessment in children with woolly hair.http://www.ijpd.in/article.asp?issn=2319-7250;year=2020;volume=21;issue=1;spage=47;epage=49;aulast=Mohanannaxos syndromepalmoplantar keratodermawoolly hair |
| spellingShingle | Saritha Mohanan Alagammai Krishnappan Udayashankar Carounanidhi Ramachandran V Bhat Woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality: A rare case report Indian Journal of Paediatric Dermatology naxos syndrome palmoplantar keratoderma woolly hair |
| title | Woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality: A rare case report |
| title_full | Woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality: A rare case report |
| title_fullStr | Woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality: A rare case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality: A rare case report |
| title_short | Woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality: A rare case report |
| title_sort | woolly hair with palmoplantar keratoderma without cardiac abnormality a rare case report |
| topic | naxos syndrome palmoplantar keratoderma woolly hair |
| url | http://www.ijpd.in/article.asp?issn=2319-7250;year=2020;volume=21;issue=1;spage=47;epage=49;aulast=Mohanan |
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