A Case of Faun Tail Naevus Treated by Intense Pulsed Light.
- Author:
Hye In LEE
1
;
Yong Kwan RHO
;
Beom Joon KIM
;
Myeung Nam KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Faun tail; Hypertrichosis; Intense pulsed light
- MeSH: Adult; Hair; Humans; Hypertrichosis; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration; Light; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Neurologic Manifestations; Parturition; Spine
- From:Annals of Dermatology 2009;21(2):147-149
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: A faun tail is abnormal lumbar hypertrichosis that is characterized by a wide, often triangular or lozenge-shaped patch of coarse hair, and this hair is usually several inches long. Faun tail is a rare entity. A 36-year-old male presented with a triangular shaped hair tuft with terminal hair on the lumbosacral area, and he'd had this unusual hair since birth. There were no neurologic signs or abnormality on his spine X-ray. The MRI scan showed disc degeneration and loss of lodordosis. We report here on a rare case of faun tail, which was a form of localized hypertrichosis on the lumbosacral area, and this was successfully treated with intense pulsed (IPL) light.
