pili bifurcati
MONDO:0019120Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names pili bifurcati yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Pili bifurcati is an uncommon transitory hair shaft dysplasia characterized by segmental duplication of the hair shaft: a ramification generates two parallel branches which fuse to form a single shaft again. Each branch is covered by its own cuticle.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019120), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
2 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal hair morphologyHPOHP:0001595
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of hair textureHPOHP:0010719
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of