Dermatophytosis - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Eric Ehrsam, MD

Diagnosis

dermatophytosis

Body Site

lip

Age

8 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

annular

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

An 8 year old girl, who owned a hamster developed an expanding red scaly plaque of the upper lip. The clinical diagnosis of dermatophytosis was confirmed with a fungal culture which grew Microsporum canis.

Description

a 8 years old girl who owned a hamster presented an expanding red scaly plaque of the upper lip. The clinical diagnosis of dermatophytosis was confirmed with a fungal culture which grew microsporon canis.

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11/30/2002 16:24:57

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