MONILETHRIX

Course overview

DESCRIBED INITIALLY IN 1897 BY WALTER SMITH, MONILETHRIX IS A RARE STRUCTURAL HAIR SHAFT DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY HAIR FRAGILITY AND RESULTING IN PATCHY DYSTROPHIC ALOPECIA. MONILETHRIX TYPICALLY TRANSMITS IN AN AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT MODE, AND IT IS CHARACTERIZED BY A REGULAR, PERIODIC THINNING OF THE HAIR SHAFT LEADING TO A CHARACTERISTIC BEADED APPEARANCE OF THE HAIR. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PRESENTATION OF MONILETHRIX AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN ITS MANAGEMENT.