Tinea Pedis, Tinea Manuum - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

tinea pedis tinea manuum

Body Site

foot

Age

45 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

discrete confluent

Color

red purple

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 45-year-old man developed an itchy chronic scaly eruption on his hands and feet 3 years ago. A potassium hydroxide prepatation was positive for branching sepatate hyphae, and the lesions cleared with oral antifungal therapy.

Description

discrete and confluent red to violaceous scaly annular plaques

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5/29/2006 21:43:41

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