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Creeping hair is a rare condition characterized by creeping eruption with a black line at the advancing end, mimicking cutaneous larva migrans. The condition is also referred to as cutaneous pili migrans, migrating hair, and embedded hair. A total of 52 cases have been reported since 1957 and most cases were published in English. Herein, we report a case in which creeping hair occurred in the iliac region and review the literature from 1957 to February 2021. A 35-year-old Chinese female presented with a black moving linear eruption that had migrated from the lower abdomen to the iliac region without causing any symptoms during a 3-year period. Cutaneous examination showed a 6.5-cm-long black linear lesion beneath the skin that was revealed to be a hair shaft. After removal of the hair, the eruption diminished and no recurrence occurred in 3 months of follow-up. The creeping hair that had migrated with its lower end forward was confirmed by observation under dematoscopy and light microscopy. A review of the literature revealed that creeping hair occurs most frequently in young and middle-aged patients and the reported cases are mainly from Asia. The top locations involve the foot. The causative hair includes head hair, beard, pubic hair, body hair, and one case of dog hair. A closeup examination and dermoscopic inspection are helpful for the diagnosis of creeping hair.
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Objective To compare the sensitivity of the fluorescent quantitation PCR method (fluorescence quantitative method for short)and the gene chips typing method (gene chips method for short)in testing human papilloma virus(HPV) .Methods 305 outpatients in the gynecological clinic of the hospital from February 2010 to February 2013 were selected as the research subject . Then the cervical exfoliated cells were collected and detected HPV by the fluorescence quantitative method and the gene chips meth-od respectively .Those cases with inconsistent results were confirmed by the PCR sequencing method .305 cases were performed the liquid based cytology test .Results The sensitivity of the fluorescence quantitative method in detecting HPV was 33 .8% and which of the gene chips method was 37 .6% .The two methods had a higher conformance .The HPV infection rate was increased with the increase of cervical exfoliated cell atypia .Conclusion The fluorescence quantitative method and the gene chips method have a higher conformance .The sensitivity of the gene chips method is higher .The severity degree of cervical cytological change is positively cor-related with the HPV infection .