Gómez-López-Hernández Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Bilateral Nonscarring Alopecia.

Abstract

Gómez-López-Hernández syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous disorder characterized by the triad of rhombencephalosynapsis, parietal alopecia, and trigeminal anesthesia. We report a 16-year-old girl with bilateral parietotemporal alopecia in whom cranial magnetic resonance imaging revealed rhombencephalosynapsis, suggesting a diagnosis of Gómez-López-Hernández syndrome. Neurologic examination and neuroimaging may be warranted in select patients with parietal alopecia to exclude this uncommon entity.

• Authors: Merve Hatun Saricam, Burak Tekin, Olcay Unver, Gazanfer Ekinci, Tulin Ergun
• Journal: Pediatric dermatology (Pediatr Dermatol) 2015 Nov-Dec Vol. 32 Issue 6 Pg. e251-4 ISSN: 1525-1470 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 26391554 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Topics

• Abnormalities, Multiple (diagnosis)
• Adolescent
• Alopecia (complications, diagnosis, etiology)
• Brain (pathology)
• Cerebellum (abnormalities)
• Craniofacial Abnormalities (complications, diagnosis)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Growth Disorders (complications, diagnosis)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Neurocutaneous Syndromes (complications, diagnosis)
• Rhombencephalon