Hypertrichosis, Congenital Anterior Cervical, With Peripheral Sensory And Motor Neuropathy

An Arab woman and her 12-year-old child had congenital hypertrichosis in the anterior cervical region associated with peripheral sensory and motor neuropathy (Trattner et al., 1991). The son had a painless ulcer of the foot and osteomyelitis in bones of the feet. The mother was a first cousin of her husband and the husband had a sister with the same combination of cervical hypertrichosis and neuropathy. This suggests that the trait is autosomal recessive. Ardinger (1993) described a boy with anterior cervical hypertrichosis present since early infancy, developmental delay, and peripheral neuropathy.