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Abel Guerra, MD

Diagnosis

tinea versicolor

Body Site

back

Age

10 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

grouped, clustered discrete

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

central (centrifugal - trunk predominant) symmetric

Comments

This 10-year-old boy from El Salvador had multiple hypopigmented round to oval papules on his back with fine scale typical of tinea versicolor. He was treated with a topical azole antifungal cream.

Description

multiple uniform 3-5 mm flat topped hypopigmented papules

Categories

hypopigmentation, depigmentation infections and infestations papulosquamous eruptions

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6/4/2006 14:14:37

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