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Douglas Hoffman, MD

Diagnosis

tinea versicolor

Body Site

back neck eye lid

Age

20 years

Pigmentation

dark

Organization

confluent

Color

brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This 20-year-old man complained of an asymptomatic but disfiguring chronic brown scaly rash on his back. He responded to topical selenium sulfide shampoo.

Description

confluent round 2-4 mm hyperpigmented scaly papules

Categories

hyperpigmentation papulosquamous eruptions infections and infestations

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6/11/2003 20:18:02

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