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Soe Win Oo, MD

Diagnosis

tinea imbricata tinea corporis

Body Site

back neck

Age

24 years

Pigmentation

Organization

confluent

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

generalized, disseminated symmetric

Comments

This 24-year-old manual worker complained of widespread itchy scaly plaques involving much of the trunk and thighs. Close up observation revealed multiple concentric rings topped with white scale. Fungal culture grew Trichophyton concentritum.

Description

disseminated confluent concentric rings topped with white scale

Categories

infections and infestations papulosquamous eruptions

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3/4/2007 17:23:56

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