January 2015 in “Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Dermatology” This case report highlights a 34-year-old woman with traction alopecia, where diagnosis was clarified by the presence of peripilar keratin sheaths, a useful dermoscopic clue.
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January 1983 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” This article proposes a classification system for hair casts to resolve confusion in existing literature and describes a staining technique to distinguish peripilar keratin casts from other hair disorders, without providing new clinical results.
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August 2013 in “Pediatric dermatology” This report describes an 11-year-old girl with peripilar keratin casts, a condition often underdiagnosed and mistaken for nits, highlighting the usefulness of keratolytic treatments in management.
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June 2010 in “Medicina de Familia SEMERGEN” The girl's "dandruff" was actually harmless hair casts, not a hygiene issue.
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January 2017 in “PubMed” This case report describes a 22-year-old male with hair casts on scalp and body hair, associated with androgenetic alopecia, also affecting his sister as pseudonits.