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David Lange, MD

Diagnosis

tinea capitis

Body Site

head scalp

Age

3 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

scattered

Color

yellow brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This 3-year-old boy developed multiple expanding yellow scaly crusted hairless plaques on his scalp 3 weeks earlier. He was a resident of an internally displaced persons camp in Darfur.

Description

annular expanding scaly crusted plaques with decreased hair

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions infections and infestations

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4/9/2008 23:09:20

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