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Atrichia congenita with horny cysts Q84.0

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Last updated on: 13.06.2023

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Synonym(s)

alopecia congenita totalis; Atrichia congenita diffusa; Atrichia congenita papulosa; Atrichia congenita universalis; atrichia papulosa; Atrichia with papular lesions; Congenital atrichia with papular lesions; MIM 209500; Papular atrichia

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HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.

Damsté and Prakken, 1954

DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Rare, autosomal dominant (recessive) inherited, permanent, diffuse hairlessness(atrichia), often with absence of nails. Slightly more than 50 families are described.

EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.

For AUC, as well as for Papular Atrichia (APL), mutations in the so-called hairless gene (HR gene) located on chromosome 8p21-p22 have been detected. To date, >50 mutations have been detected. Another gene also involved in the hair cycle is the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene, which is localized on chromosome 12q12-q14. Mutations of this gene can lead to phenocopy of APL (Betz RC 2014).

LocalizationThis section has been translated automatically.

scalp, eyebrows, eyelashes, nails

Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.

The hair is missing at birth or falls out shortly thereafter, and the follicle openings are detectable. Eyelashes, eyebrows and nails may also be missing. Conspicuous are follicularly bound, papular lesions, which are typical for the clinical picture in addition to atrichia: These are located periorbital, in the neck and in the knee region.

HistologyThis section has been translated automatically.

The infundibular parts of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands are normal, but hair shafts are missing. Instead of the lower and middle thirds of the hair follicles, small dyskeratotic follicular cysts filled with horn masses are visible.

Differential diagnosisThis section has been translated automatically.

Atrichia congenita diffusa with vitamin D-dependent rickets; Alopecia areata diffusa; Atrichia congenita universalis

TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.

Causal therapy not possible. Light protection.

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A clinically-morphologically indistinguishable clinical picture is the Atrichia congenita diffusa with vitamin D-dependent rickets, see below Atrichia congenita diffusa with vitamin D-dependent rickets

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Last updated on: 13.06.2023

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer