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ArticleSkin appendage disorders2023

Inflammatory Tinea Capitis Mimicking Dissecting Cellulitis in a Healthy Woman.

Faten Rabhi, Dorsaf Elinkichari, Latifa Mtibaa, Bouthaina Jemli, Kahena Jaber, Raouf Dhaoui

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Article in Skin appendage disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Faten RabhiDepartment of Dermatology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Dorsaf ElinkichariDepartment of Dermatology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Latifa MtibaaFaculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Bouthaina JemliDepartment of Parasitology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Kahena JaberDepartment of Dermatology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
Raouf DhaouiDepartment of Dermatology, Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Inflammatory tinea capitis (TC) is uncommon in adults. Case Presentation: A 29-year-old healthy woman presented with a 2-year history of scalp alopecia with purulent discharge. Clinical, trichoscopic, and histological features and the negativity of a first fungal sampling were consistent with the diagnosis of dissecting cellulitis of the scalp. A second mycological examination guided by trichoscopy was carried out, showing tinea endothrix. Fungal culture isolated trichophyton violaceum. The patient was treated with terbinafine with complete healing. Conclusion: The diagnosis of adult TC is challenging, mainly the inflammatory form. An exhaustive trichoscopic examination of all alopecic plaques may help make a rapid diagnosis and provide a guide to the mycological examination.

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DermatoscopyNon-scarring alopeciaTinea capitis

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PMCPMC10688241

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