Hair Casts

January 1991 in “ Dermatology ”

A. Van Staey, E. Suys, L. Derumeaux, L. De Raeve, A. De Coninck, D. Roseeuw

TLDR Hair casts are small structures on hair shafts with unknown causes.

The document discussed hair casts, which are small cylindrical structures that encircle individual scalp hairs and can move along the hair shafts. The pathogenesis of this hair disorder was unknown and rarely mentioned in dermatologic literature. It reported a case of a 5-year-old girl who had been treated for pediculosis capitis for 2 years. The document also reviewed the existing literature on hair casts.

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