Tinea Manuum, Tinea Corporis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

tinea manuum tinea corporis

Body Site

hand

Age

40 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

annular

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 40-year-old woman complained of an itchy scaly red rash on the palms and tops of her hands . A potassium hydroxide preparation of scale obtained from a plaque revealed hyphae, and a culture grew Trichophyton rubrum. She responded to oral and topical antifungal therapy.

Description

multiple symmetric annular scaly red plaques

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1/20/2004 8:21:10

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