Tinea Cruris, Dermatophytosis - DermAtlas

Age

34 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

purple brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 34-year-old man complained of an intensely itchy rash in the groin area which spread to the thighs and lower abdomen over 2 years. He applied a paste which irritated the eruption and triggered the formation of crusts at the border.

Description

symetric hyperpigmented violaceous well demarcated plaques with scaling and crusting particularly at the border

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9/18/2005 19:54:29

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