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. 2012 Jan;4(1):3-18.
doi: 10.4103/0974-7753.96079.

Madarosis: a marker of many maladies

Annapurna Kumar  1 , Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan
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Madarosis: a marker of many maladies

Annapurna Kumar et al. Int J Trichology. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Eyebrow loss; eyelash loss; leprosy; madarosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
Madarosis in lamellar ichthyosis
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Figure 2
Total eyebrow loss in a child with alopecia areata
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Loss of medial aspect of eyebrows in a patient with discoid lupus erythematosus
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Bilateral eyebrow loss in a patient with lepromatous leprosy
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Figure 5
Approach to a patient with madarosis
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