Widow's peak hair anomaly refers to a frontal hairline projection.
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Epidemiology
Associations
- Aarskog syndrome
- Opitz syndrome
- Waardenburg syndrome
- frontonasal dysplasia
- craniofrontonasal dysplasia
Clinical presentation
Prominent V-shaped hairline projection. Ocular hypertelorism might be noted. On examination a bony prominence may be present.
Pathology
It is purported that the periorbital fields of hairless region or hairgrowth suppression are widely spaced or the hairless regions are smaller as compared to normal.
History and etymology
It is named after a headdress worn by some widows in Western countries.
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