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Abnormal hair quantity

MedGen UID:: 868983
•Concept ID:: C4023397
•: Anatomical Abnormality

Synonym:	Abnormality of hair density

HPO:	HP:0011362

Definition

An abnormal amount of hair. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVAbnormal hair quantity

Phenotypic abnormality
- Abnormality of the integument
  - Abnormal skin adnexa morphology
    - Abnormal hair morphology
      - Abnormal hair quantity
        Absent hair
        Absent facial hair
        Alopecia
        Alopecia - intellectual disability syndrome
        Alopecia antibody deficiency
        Alopecia areata
        Alopecia areata 1
        Alopecia areata 2
        Alopecia totalis
        Congenital alopecia totalis
        Alopecia universalis
        Alopecia universalis congenita
        Alopecia, androgenetic, 1
        Alopecia, androgenetic, 2
        Alopecia, androgenetic, 3
        Alopecia, congenital
        Alopecia-epilepsy-pyorrhea-intellectual disability syndrome
        Alopecia-intellectual disability-hypergonadotropic hypogonadism syndrome
        ANE syndrome
        Atrichia with papular lesions
        Autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis 11
        Endocrine Therapy-Induced Alopecia
        Familial focal alopecia
        Folliculitis decalvans
        Frontal fibrosing alopecia
        Frontonasal dysplasia with alopecia and genital anomaly
        Graham Little-Piccardi-Lassueur syndrome
        Hereditary hypotrichosis with recurrent skin vesicles
        Hypotrichosis simplex
        Hypotrichosis simplex of the scalp
        Hypotrichosis-deafness syndrome
        IFAP syndrome 1, with or without BRESHECK syndrome
        Lichen planopilaris
        Loose anagen hair syndrome
        Mandibulofacial dysostosis with alopecia
        Marie Unna syndrome
        Hypotrichosis 4
        Hypotrichosis 5
        Noonan syndrome-like disorder with loose anagen hair
        Pigmentation defects-palmoplantar keratoderma-skin carcinoma syndrome
        Progressive alopecia
        Pseudopelade of Brocq
        Satoyoshi syndrome
        Anagen effluvium
        Atrichia
        Hirsutism
        Generalized hirsutism
        Localized hirsutism
        Dorsal hirsutism
        Facial hirsutism
        Lumbosacral hirsutism
        Hypertrichosis
        Acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa
        Amaurosis-hypertrichosis syndrome
        Autosomal dominant preaxial polydactyly-upperback hypertrichosis syndrome
        Barber-Say syndrome
        Cataract-hypertrichosis-intellectual disability syndrome
        Cervical hypertrichosis-peripheral neuropathy syndrome
        Congenital, generalized hypertrichosis
        Facial dysmorphism, hypertrichosis, epilepsy, intellectual/developmental delay, and gingival overgrowth syndrome
        Facial hypertrichosis
        Frontotemporal hypertrichosis
        Synophrys
        Generalized hypertrichosis
        Gingival fibromatosis-hypertrichosis syndrome
        Hypertrichosis cubiti-short stature syndrome
        Hypertrichosis lanuginosa congenita
        Ambras type hypertrichosis universalis congenita
        X-linked congenital generalized hypertrichosis
        Isolated anterior cervical hypertrichosis
        Leprechaunism syndrome
        Lumbar hypertrichosis
        Rabson-Mendenhall syndrome
        Sacral hypertrichosis
        Thoracic hypertrichosis
        Sparse hair
        Generalized hypotrichosis
        Progressive hypotrichosis
        Sparse body hair
        Sparse facial hair
        Telogen effluvium
        Thick hair

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae using the long-pulse Nd:YAG laser on skin types V and VI.

Weaver SM 3rd, Sagaral EC
Dermatol Surg 2003 Dec;29(12):1187-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2003.29387.x. PMID: 14725660

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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Evaluation of efficacy and safety of chemical peeling and long-pulse Nd:YAG laser in treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae.

Amer A, Elsayed A, Gharib K
Dermatol Ther 2021 Mar;34(2):e14859. Epub 2021 Feb 28 doi: 10.1111/dth.14859. PMID: 33559240

Prevalence of Ocular Demodicosis in an Older Population and Its Association With Symptoms and Signs of Dry Eye.

Cheng AM, Hwang J, Dermer H, Galor A
Cornea 2021 Aug 1;40(8):995-1001. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002542. PMID: 32956104 Free PMC Article

Biomonitoring of human fetal exposure to environmental chemicals in early pregnancy.

Cooke GM
J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 2014;17(4):205-24. doi: 10.1080/10937404.2014.898167. PMID: 24828452

Blood pressure and levels of Fe, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Na and K in the hair of young Bantu men from Tanzania.

Rębacz-Maron E, Baranowska-Bosiacka I, Gutowska I, Chlubek D
Biol Trace Elem Res 2013 Mar;151(3):350-9. Epub 2013 Jan 3 doi: 10.1007/s12011-012-9578-3. PMID: 23279941 Free PMC Article

Heritable disorders of hair.

Birnbaum PS, Baden HP
Dermatol Clin 1987 Jan;5(1):137-53. PMID: 3549074

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Diagnosis

Prevalence of Ocular Demodicosis in an Older Population and Its Association With Symptoms and Signs of Dry Eye.

Cheng AM, Hwang J, Dermer H, Galor A
Cornea 2021 Aug 1;40(8):995-1001. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000002542. PMID: 32956104 Free PMC Article

Prevalence of HHV-6 integrated chromosomally among children treated for acute lymphoblastic or myeloid leukemia in the Czech Republic.

Hubacek P, Muzikova K, Hrdlickova A, Cinek O, Hyncicova K, Hrstkova H, Sedlacek P, Stary J
J Med Virol 2009 Feb;81(2):258-63. doi: 10.1002/jmv.21371. PMID: 19107978

Oculocerebrocutaneous and encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis syndromes: blind men and an elephant or separate syndromes?

Hunter AG
Am J Med Genet A 2006 Apr 1;140(7):709-26. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31149. PMID: 16523517

Hair follicle nevi and accessory tragi: variable quantity of adipose tissue in connective tissue framework.

Ban M, Kamiya H, Yamada T, Kitajima Y
Pediatr Dermatol 1997 Nov-Dec;14(6):433-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1997.tb00683.x. PMID: 9436838

Pili trianguli et canaliculi: a distinctive hair shaft defect leading to uncombable hair.

Itin PH, Bühler U, Büchner SA, Guggenheim R
Dermatology 1993;187(4):296-8. doi: 10.1159/000247273. PMID: 8274794

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Therapy

Evaluation of efficacy and safety of chemical peeling and long-pulse Nd:YAG laser in treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae.

Amer A, Elsayed A, Gharib K
Dermatol Ther 2021 Mar;34(2):e14859. Epub 2021 Feb 28 doi: 10.1111/dth.14859. PMID: 33559240

Hair dye ingestion--an uncommon cause of acute kidney injury.

Sahay M, Vani R, Vali S
J Assoc Physicians India 2009 Nov;57:743-4. PMID: 20329439

A nationwide outbreak of alopecia associated with the use of a hair-relaxing formulation.

Swee W, Klontz KC, Lambert LA
Arch Dermatol 2000 Sep;136(9):1104-8. doi: 10.1001/archderm.136.9.1104. PMID: 10987865

Chronic arsenic toxicity in west Bengal--the worst calamity in the world.

Mazumder DN, Das Gupta J, Santra A, Pal A, Ghose A, Sarkar S
J Indian Med Assoc 1998 Jan;96(1):4-7, 18. PMID: 9601181

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Prognosis

Blood pressure and levels of Fe, Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Na and K in the hair of young Bantu men from Tanzania.

Rębacz-Maron E, Baranowska-Bosiacka I, Gutowska I, Chlubek D
Biol Trace Elem Res 2013 Mar;151(3):350-9. Epub 2013 Jan 3 doi: 10.1007/s12011-012-9578-3. PMID: 23279941 Free PMC Article

Oculocerebrocutaneous and encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis syndromes: blind men and an elephant or separate syndromes?

Hunter AG
Am J Med Genet A 2006 Apr 1;140(7):709-26. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31149. PMID: 16523517

Non-invasive screening of fragile X syndrome A using urine and hair roots.

Suwa K, Momoi MY
Brain Dev 2004 Sep;26(6):380-3. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2003.11.002. PMID: 15275700

Treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae using the long-pulse Nd:YAG laser on skin types V and VI.

Weaver SM 3rd, Sagaral EC
Dermatol Surg 2003 Dec;29(12):1187-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2003.29387.x. PMID: 14725660

Chronic arsenic toxicity in west Bengal--the worst calamity in the world.

Mazumder DN, Das Gupta J, Santra A, Pal A, Ghose A, Sarkar S
J Indian Med Assoc 1998 Jan;96(1):4-7, 18. PMID: 9601181

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Clinical prediction guides

Non-invasive screening of fragile X syndrome A using urine and hair roots.

Suwa K, Momoi MY
Brain Dev 2004 Sep;26(6):380-3. doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2003.11.002. PMID: 15275700

Chronic arsenic toxicity in west Bengal--the worst calamity in the world.

Mazumder DN, Das Gupta J, Santra A, Pal A, Ghose A, Sarkar S
J Indian Med Assoc 1998 Jan;96(1):4-7, 18. PMID: 9601181

X-linked anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with some unusual features.

Settineri WM, Salzano FM, Fretas MJ
J Med Genet 1976 Jun;13(3):212-6. doi: 10.1136/jmg.13.3.212. PMID: 933122 Free PMC Article

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Recent systematic reviews

Scalp hair characteristics in the newborn infant.

Furdon SA, Clark DA
Adv Neonatal Care 2003 Dec;3(6):286-96. doi: 10.1016/j.adnc.2003.09.005. PMID: 14695500

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