Onychomycosis, Dermatophytosis, Tinea Pedis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

onychomycosis dermatophytosis tinea pedis

Body Site

foot toe nail, foot

Age

18 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

yellow

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

This healthy young man had tinea pedis with scaling of the plantar foot and webspaces and onychomycosis restricted to the right foot. A fungal culture from the great toe nail grew Trichophyton rubrum. The skin and nails cleared with 5 months of therapy with oral itraconazole.

Description

distal nail yellowing and splitting

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6/18/2001 22:13:16

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