A Case of Faun Tail Naevus Treated by Intense Pulsed Light
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A case of faun tail naevus treated by intense pulsed light.
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 a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Dermatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1013-9087
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2009.21.2.147