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Eric Ehrsam, MD

Diagnosis

dermatophytosis tinea corporis

Body Site

arm elbow

Age

35 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

A 35-year-old farmer developed an exudative well circumscribed oval red plaque covered with pustules on the left side of the neck He had similar lesions on the arms. Cultures revealed Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The lesions disappeared with oral terbinafine.

Description

oval red edematous plaque studded with pustules

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions infections and infestations

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6/3/2003 15:05:20

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