Trichotemnomania in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report of an Asian Child and Literature Review

Trichotemnomania in an Adolescent Girl: A Case Report of an Asian Child and Literature Review

Trichotemnomania (TT) refers to cutting or shaving of one’s own hair as a compulsive act. This condition is reported rarely and may be indicative of an underlying obsessive-compulsive disorder. TT may be misdiagnosed with trichotillomania or other disorders such as alopecia areata, tinea capitis, an...

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Main Authors: V. Thadchanamoorthy, Markandu Thirukumar, Kavinda Dayasiri, N. Thamilvannan, Judy Jeyakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/6615250
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