Tinea Corporis, Dermatophytosis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

tinea corporis dermatophytosis

Body Site

abdomen chest

Age

7 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

annular confluent

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

sites not clothing covered

Comments

This 7-year-old boy had multiple widespread annular plaques ranging from 1-5 cm in diameter. These lesions had been progressing for 6 weeks. His mother had 4 similar plaques on her left arm for 2 weeks. A potassium hydroxide preparation obtained from the scaly border on one of the mother's lesions was loaded with branching hyphae. The boy was treated with oral griseofulvin, and his mother cleared with a topical antifungal cream. Just before the eruption began the family purchased pet white rats, and both were noted to have itchy scaly patches. Note the annular plaques on his mother's arm.

Description

discrete and confluent red scaly annular plaques

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2/17/2004 7:04:29

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