Focal Scalp Hair Heterochromia in an Infant
March 2017
in “
Sultan Qaboos University medical journal
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Studysummary This case report describes a six-month-old infant with focal scalp hair heterochromia and no detectable underlying abnormalities, which was still present at a one-year follow-up. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
The document reported a case of a six-month-old male infant who exhibited focal scalp hair heterochromia, characterized by two different non-artificial hair colors, without any detectable underlying abnormalities. The condition was observed in 2013 at Saham Hospital in Oman and persisted at a one-year follow-up. Hair heterochromia could be associated with factors such as iron deficiency anemia, genetic mutations, or mosaicism, although no specific cause was identified in this case.
