Preferred Label : Pili torti;
ICD-11 definition : 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.;
ICD-11 synonym : Twisted hair;
Origin ID : 813238041;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
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.
