Tinea Versicolor - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

tinea versicolor

Body Site

trunk back

Age

15 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

white/hypo

Morphology

papule

Pattern

central (centrifugal - trunk predominant) symmetric

Comments

This healthy adolescent had a chronic asymptomatic eruption on his trunk. A potassium hydroxide preparation prepared from scale from one of the papules on his back showed pseudohyphae and spores typical of tinea versicolor. Note the red hypopigmented crusted patch on the right shoulder which resulted from trauma.

Description

multiple symmetric uniform discrete and confluent 5 mm flat topped hypopigmented minimally scaly papules with well demarcated borders.

Image Added

12/19/2010 17:32:16

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