Tinea Corporis, Tinea Faciei - DermAtlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

tinea corporis tinea faciei

Body Site

neck

Age

70 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric solitary

Comments

This 70-year-old woman developed a slowly expanding red annular plaque with mild pruritus on her chin, submental region, and upper neck two weeks earlier. Superficial scaling was present on the active border. Scapings prepared witjh potassium hydroxide from the lesion revealed fungal hyphae under direct microscopy.

Description

annular red scaly plaque

Image Added

7/17/2003 8:39:10

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