Catalog

Pili torti

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Pili torti – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/813238041

Pili torti describes an abnormal hair structure: hair shafts are flat and twisted at irregular intervals (180 torsion) along their longitudinal axis. Pili torti can be isolated or is observed in Menkes, Bjornstad, Bazex and Dupre and Crandall syndromes, in pseudomonilethrix, and in anidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.

Parents

Genetic defects of the hair shaft with increased fragility