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Localized acquired hypertrichosis following cast application
1Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. akara@gen.hun.edu.tr
Pediatric Dermatology
|February 24, 2001
Abstract:
A 11-year-old boy with transient hypertrichosis following calcaneal osteotomy and cast application for 2 months is described. We postulate that hyperemia may be responsible for his hypertrichosis, which lasted 3 months and created a cosmetic problem.