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Mahmoud Hijazy, PH.D

Diagnosis

tinea corporis

Body Site

arm wrist finger trunk

Age

32 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

annular

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This healthy 32-year-old man developed expanding red scaly annular plaques on the right wrist and the left index finger. A potassium hydroxide preparation showed hyphae typical of tinea corporis.

Description

Scay erythematous lesion of the trunk showing papulo-vesicular active edges and healing center.

Categories

infections and infestations papulosquamous eruptions annular eruption

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2/23/2005 22:40:55

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