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Naeem Alhayani, DVD

Diagnosis

tinea capitis favus

Body Site

occiput

Age

30 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

yellow

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

A 30-year-old mentally retarded man was evaluated for a 3 year history of a progressive crusted plaque on the occiput which healed with scarring and atrophy. Scattered scutulas pierced by hair were still present. .A potassium hydroxide preparation from the crusts revealed hyphae and mycelieum. Trichophyton schoenleinii was isolated from a fungal culture.

Description

crescent shaped atrophic fibrotic plaque with peripheral crusting

Categories

infections and infestations

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12/25/2006 21:22:29

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