Ciliary and superciliary hypotrichosis a distinct autosomal dominant trait

Abstract

A woman and her four children showed congenital sparse eyebrows, short, thin, misplaced and very scanty upper eyelashes and absent lower eyelashes. Erosion of the corneal epithelium was a common complication. This report confirms the condition as an autosomal dominant disorder.

Familial eyebrow diffuse alopecia

“…defined ciliary and superciliary hypotrichosis as a distinct autosomal dominant trait. 2 Some congenital eyebrow changes may be a diagnostic indicator of severe systemic diseases, such as duplication 10q syndrome, Waardenburg syndrome and Meige syndrome. 3,4 We could not detect any systemic disorder in our case with physical and laboratory investigations.…”

“…Garcia‐Esquivel et al . defined ciliary and superciliary hypotrichosis as a distinct autosomal dominant trait 2 . Some congenital eyebrow changes may be a diagnostic indicator of severe systemic diseases, such as duplication 10q syndrome, Waardenburg syndrome and Meige syndrome 3,4 .…”