hair collar sign

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hair collar sign

a tuft of hypertrophic hair in the midline scalp of a baby; may be a cutaneous marker for neural tube dysraphism.

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hair collar sign

In the newborn, a ring of long, dark, coarse hair surrounding a midline nodule on the scalp. This may indicate neural tube closure defect.

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