Tinea Versicolor, Pityrosporum Infection - DermAtlas

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Debabrata Bandyopadhyay, MD

Diagnosis

tinea versicolor pityrosporum infection

Body Site

back neck

Age

30 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 30-year-old man had multiple, discrete and confluent, minimally scaly, asymptomatic, hypopigmented patches on the chest, upper back, neck, and upper arms for the last year. The clinical findings and potassium hydroxide smear were typical of tinea versicolor

Description

confluent minimally scaly hypopigmented patches

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4/15/2003 8:36:31

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