Hair casts: Classification, staining characteristics, and differential diagnosis
January 1983
in “
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
”
TLDR A new method helps identify and classify different types of hair casts.
The document addressed the confusion in the literature regarding hair casts by proposing a specific classification to differentiate them from other hair disorders. It introduced a practical staining technique to distinguish peripilar keratin casts from other types. The study illustrated the clinical and microscopic characteristics of both peripilar keratin casts and peripilar nonkeratin casts, aiming to clarify the discrepancies in reported incidence, size, and configuration of hair casts.
