Pili gemini

Definition

Pili gemini defines a situation where the papilla's tip of a hair follicle splits during the anagen phase and consequently grows two hair shafts emerging through a single pilary canal. A papilla tip that divides in several tips will produce several hair shafts, a situation named pili multigemini. Pili gemini or multigemini can occur in each type of hair.

Disease data

Classification

Disease

Synonyms

Pili multigemini

ORPHA code

79492

OMIM code

ICD10 code

L67.8

ICD11 code

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