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| Diagnosis: | TINEA CORPORIS / TINEA FACEI / DERMATOPHYTOSIS | Category: | annular eruption / papulosquamous eruptions / infections and infestations | ||
| Body Site: | face / cheek | Age: | 21 years | ||
| Contributor: | Jonathan Bachrach, JD | ||||
| Description: | 1.5 cm annular red scaly plaque | ||||
| Comments: | This healthy 21-year-old woman developed an itchy expanding annular plaque on the left cheek a week earlier. A potassium hydroxide preparation confirmed the diagnosis of tinea facei. | ||||
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