Dermatophytosis, Tinea Corporis - DermAtlas

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Eric Ehrsam, MD

Diagnosis

dermatophytosis tinea corporis

Body Site

neck

Age

40 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

discrete

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

solitary asymmetric

Comments

A 40-year-old man developed enlarging confluent annular red plaques on his neck. The clinical diagnosis of dermatophytosis was confirmed with a fungal culture which grew Trhchophyton mentagrophytes. The patient was treated with topical terbinafine and lesions resolved in two weeks.The organism was transmitted by a guinea pig.

Description

large expanding confluent annular red plaques with scattered scale and red papules

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11/19/2006 15:13:29

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