Tinea Capitis, Dermatophytosis - DermAtlas

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Muhammad Waseem, MD

Diagnosis

tinea capitis dermatophytosis

Body Site

scalp

Age

9 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

skin color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

This 9 year old boy developed a round patch of alopecia with broken hairs and scaling. A potassium hydroxide preparation showed spores packed in fragments of hair typical of endothrix infection. He was started on oral griseofulvin at 20 mg/kg/day.

Description

4 cm patch of alopecia with broken hairs and scale

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1/3/2002 22:45:18

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