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Tricotilomanía - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Tricotilosis; Arrancamiento compulsivo del cabello

Definición:

Es la pérdida de cabello por las ganas de halarlo y retorcerlo hasta que se desprende. Los pacientes son incapaces de detener este comportamiento, incluso aunque su cabello se vuelva más delgado.

Causas:

La tricotilomanía es un tipo de trastorno de control impulsivo, cuyas causas no se comprenden con claridad.

Puede afectar hasta el 4% de la población. Las mujeres tienen una probabilidad cuatro veces mayor de resultar afectadas que los hombres.

Tricotilomanía; parte superior de la cabeza

Reviewed last on: 7/20/2011
A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, and David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; and Michelle Benger Merrill, MD, Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY (2/18/2010).

Referencias

Morelli JG. Disorders of the hair. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 661.

Kratochvil CJ, Bloch MH. Trichotillomania across the life span. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009;48:879-883.

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