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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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Madarosis: A marker of many Maladies
Annapurna Kumar1, Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Pondicherry, India
2 Department of Dermatology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College, Pondicherry, India
Correspondence Address:
Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan
Department of Dermatology, Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Kalitheerthalkuppam, Madagadipet, Pondicherry - 605 107
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.96079
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Madarosis is a terminology that refers to loss of eyebrows or eyelashes. This clinical sign occurs in various diseases ranging from local dermatological disorders to complex systemic diseases. Madarosis can be scarring or non-scarring depending upon the etiology. Appropriate diagnosis is essential for management. Follicular unit transplantation has been found to be a useful method of treating scarring madarosis and the procedure relevant to eyebrow and eyelash reconstruction has been discussed. A useful clinical approach to madarosis has also been included for bedside diagnosis. The literature search was conducted with Pubmed, Medline, and Google scholar using the keywords madarosis, eyebrow loss, and eyelash loss for articles from 1960 to September 2011. Relevant material was also searched in textbooks and used wherever appropriate. |
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