| Literature DB >> 20523773 |
Hye In Lee1, Yong Kwan Rho, Beom Joon Kim, Myeung Nam Kim.
Abstract
A faun tail is abnormal lumbar hypertrichosis that is characterized by a wide, often triangular or lozenge-shaped patch of coarse hair, and this hair is usually several inches long. Faun tail is a rare entity. A 36-year-old male presented with a triangular shaped hair tuft with terminal hair on the lumbosacral area, and he'd had this unusual hair since birth. There were no neurologic signs or abnormality on his spine X-ray. The MRI scan showed disc degeneration and loss of lodordosis. We report here on a rare case of faun tail, which was a form of localized hypertrichosis on the lumbosacral area, and this was successfully treated with intense pulsed (IPL) light.Entities:
Keywords: Faun tail; Hypertrichosis; Intense pulsed light
Year: 2009 PMID: 20523773 PMCID: PMC2861198 DOI: 10.5021/ad.2009.21.2.147
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Dermatol ISSN: 1013-9087 Impact factor: 1.444