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| Year : 2001 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 281-283 |
Plica Neuropathica (Polonica) in Schizophrenia - A Case Report And Review of Literature
P.N Suresh Kumar1, Beena Antony2, Ashish Chakravarthy3, A.M Kunhi Koyamu4
1 Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College, Kozhikode, India
2 Postgraduate Student in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College, Kozhikode, India
3 Resident Intern, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College, Kozhikode, India
4 Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Medical College, Kozhikode, India
Correspondence Address:
P.N Suresh Kumar
Malaparamba Housing Colony, M-26-A- 62. Kozhikode-730009
India
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PMID: 21407871 
Plica neuropathica also known as plica polonica is an uncommon condition in which the hairs of the scalp in a localised area is compacted into irregularly twisted, irreversibly entangled plaits. A review of literature shows several predisposing factors figuring in plica neuropathica like kinky hair, use of shampoos, febrile illness and psychological disturbances. The authors describe a case of plica neuropathica in a paranoid schizophrenic patient who developed irreversible tangling of scalp hair.
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