Widow's peak hair anomaly

Widow's peak hair anomaly refers to a frontal hairline projection.

Epidemiology

Associations

• Aarskog syndrome
• Opitz syndrome
• Waardenburg syndrome
• frontonasal dysplasia
• craniofrontonasal dysplasia

Clinical presentation

Prominent V-shaped hairline projection. Ocular hypertelorism might be noted. On examination a bony prominence may be present.

Pathology

It is purported that the periorbital fields of hairless region or hairgrowth suppression are widely spaced or the hairless regions are smaller as compared to normal.

History and etymology

It is named after a headdress worn by some widows in Western countries.