Fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution in two brothers with pili multigemini
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2013-06
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Kamoona, B.
Serafimova, D.
Broshtilova, V.
Kazandzhieva, Zh.
Marina, S.
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Pili multigemini is a rare hair shaft defect. Simply it means the
presence of several hairs in a single follicle; each hair has its own inner root sheath
and the hairs are surrounded by a common outer root sheath. Fibrosing alopecia in
a pattern distribution is a distinct type of cicatricial alopecia which is currently classified
as a subtype of lichen planopilaris, characterized by inflammation and fibrosis
with accelerated hair loss in the distribution of typical male or female pattern hair
loss. We present 25- and 26-year-old brothers with increase hair loss of two years
duration. The clinical and histological examination of the scalp area revealed the
presence of pili multigemini hair follicles defect combined with fibrosing alopecia in
a pattern distribution, involving the vertex area of the scalp in both patients. In our
opinion the hair follicle defect pili multigemeni may have an impact over the pathogenesis
of the fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution in our two cases.
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Address for correspondence:
Dr. Ban Kamoona;
Department of Dermatology and Venereology;
Medical University – Sofia;
1 Sveti Georgi Sofiyski St.;
1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
tel. 00359888592024 ;
e-mail: kamouna_ban@yahoo.com
Ключови думи
pili multigemini, cicatricial alopecia, androgenic alopecia, two brothers
Цитирания
B. Kamoona, D. Serafimova, V. Broshtilova, Zh. Kazandzhieva and S. Marina. Fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution in two brothers with pili multigemini - Acta medica bulgarica , 40, 2013, No 1, 95-101.