Tinea Faciei, Tinea Corporis, Dermatophytosis - DermAtlas

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Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

tinea faciei tinea corporis dermatophytosis

Body Site

ear lobe

Age

25 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

This 25-year-old man complained of recurrent and persistent scaling, pustules and dark pigmentation in the groin. He also had several plaques on the buttocks, lower legs, and left ear. The plaques cleared with topical clotrimazole 1 percent cream and oral terbinafine 250 mg daily for two weeks.

Description

symmetric scaly hyperpigmented confluent plaque

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6/14/2003 4:37:01

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