Tinea Versicolor, Pityrosporum Infection - DermAtlas

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Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

tinea versicolor pityrosporum infection

Body Site

scalp

Age

25 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent annular

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

localized

Comments

This 25-year-old man developed scaly patches in his scalp every summer. However, this summer the patches were more extensive than usual, and he was treated with topical selenium sulfide shampoo and oral ketoconazole. A potassium hydroxide preparation of scale from the scalp revealed findings typical of pityrosporum versicolor.

Description

confluent hypopigmented scaly round and annular papules and plaques

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11/2/2004 22:00:59

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