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Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD

Diagnosis

tinea versicolor

Body Site

chest abdomen

Age

38 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

confluent

Color

red brown

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric central (centrifugal - trunk predominant)

Comments

This man was evaluated for a chronic symmetric minimally pruritic reddish-brown papular eruption on the trunk. A potassium hydroxide preparation demonstrated "spaghetti and meatballs" typical of tinea versicolor.

Description

symmetric reddish-brown minimally scaly well demarcated papules

Categories

papulosquamous eruptions infections and infestations

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4/17/2002 23:32:00

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