Sleep‐related rhythmic movement disorder: A case report of head banging alopecia. Issue 2 (12th January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oska, Sandra; Zarbo, Allison; Jahnke, Marla N.
• Is Part Of: Pediatric dermatology. Volume 37:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 350
• Page End: 351
• Publication Date: 2020-01-12
• Subjects: alopecia -- pediatric alopecia -- rhythmic movement -- sleep‐related rhythmic movement disorder; Pediatric dermatology -- Periodicals; Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.925
• DOI: 10.1111/pde.14085
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0736-8046

Abstract

Abstract: We present a case of alopecia associated with sleep‐related rhythmic movement disorder (RMD) in an otherwise healthy 2‐year‐old boy. The alopecic patch he presented with on his scalp coincided with the location of repeated head banging in a video taken by the patient's mother. Alopecia secondary to RMD is an under recognized entity and should be included in the differential diagnosis of pediatric alopecia.