Hair Depigmentation and Dermatitis – An Unexpected Presentation of Cystic Fibrosis

Hair depigmentation is very rare presentation of cystic fibrosis (CF). We present 3.5-month-old female patient who had dermatitis and depigmentation of hair and eye lashes, malnutrition, edema and anemia as presenting symptoms of CF. After pancreatic enzyme and vitamin supplementation therapy, skin...

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Autores principales: Milankov, O, Savic, R, Tosic, J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Macedonian Science of Sciences and Arts 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778569
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2013-0037
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description Hair depigmentation is very rare presentation of cystic fibrosis (CF). We present 3.5-month-old female patient who had dermatitis and depigmentation of hair and eye lashes, malnutrition, edema and anemia as presenting symptoms of CF. After pancreatic enzyme and vitamin supplementation therapy, skin changes gradually disappeared, and her hair regained its normal brown colour.
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spelling pubmed-40014212014-04-28 Hair Depigmentation and Dermatitis – An Unexpected Presentation of Cystic Fibrosis Milankov, O Savic, R Tosic, J Balkan J Med Genet Case Report Hair depigmentation is very rare presentation of cystic fibrosis (CF). We present 3.5-month-old female patient who had dermatitis and depigmentation of hair and eye lashes, malnutrition, edema and anemia as presenting symptoms of CF. After pancreatic enzyme and vitamin supplementation therapy, skin changes gradually disappeared, and her hair regained its normal brown colour. Macedonian Science of Sciences and Arts 2013-12 2013-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4001421/ /pubmed/24778569 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bjmg-2013-0037 Text en © Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/), which means that the text may be used for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author.
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title Hair Depigmentation and Dermatitis – An Unexpected Presentation of Cystic Fibrosis
title_full Hair Depigmentation and Dermatitis – An Unexpected Presentation of Cystic Fibrosis
title_fullStr Hair Depigmentation and Dermatitis – An Unexpected Presentation of Cystic Fibrosis
title_full_unstemmed Hair Depigmentation and Dermatitis – An Unexpected Presentation of Cystic Fibrosis
title_short Hair Depigmentation and Dermatitis – An Unexpected Presentation of Cystic Fibrosis
title_sort hair depigmentation and dermatitis – an unexpected presentation of cystic fibrosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778569
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