ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 36-year-old man who presented large erythematous plaques involving the trunk, face and extremities, since one month. Some of these lesions had a psoriasis-like aspect, with abundant superficial scaling. Direct microscopic examination of scales removed from the plaques revealed numerous hyphae. Cultural examination lead to the identification of Trichophyton rubrum species. Our case of tinea corporis presented some peculiarities related both to the extension of the lesions and their clinical aspects.
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Tinea/diagnosis , Tinea/microbiology , Trichophyton/classification , Adult , Humans , Male , Tinea/physiopathology , Trichophyton/isolation & purificationABSTRACT
We report a case of dermatophytosis of the face due to Microsporum canis that was exacerbated and altered clinically by a long-term application of topical corticosteroids. We considered this case a rosacea-like tinea incognito of the beard area.
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Adrenal Cortex Hormones/pharmacology , Rosacea/chemically induced , Rosacea/complications , Tinea/complications , Tinea/diagnosis , Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use , Diagnosis, Differential , Facial Dermatoses/chemically induced , Facial Dermatoses/complications , Facial Dermatoses/diagnosis , Facial Dermatoses/drug therapy , Humans , Microsporum/physiology , Middle Aged , Rosacea/microbiology , Tinea/drug therapy , Tinea/microbiologyABSTRACT
We report the case of a 20-year-old man, a professional cyclist, with multiple scaling plaques on his limbs that had been present for 40 days. Our case of tinea corporis presented some peculiarities related to the aetiological agent Microsporum canis and also its mode of transmission.
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Bicycling , Leg Dermatoses/microbiology , Microsporum , Occupational Diseases/microbiology , Tinea/microbiology , Adult , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Follow-Up Studies , Griseofulvin/therapeutic use , Humans , Male , Microsporum/isolation & purificationABSTRACT
Four unrelated patients born from twin pregnancies and showing extracranial aplasia cutis congenita are reported. All the patients lost their co-twins during the first half of the pregnancy. Two of the patients had the characteristic truncal and symmetrical type of aplasia cutis associated with fetus papyraceus and placental abnormalities. The presence of multiple hepatic hematomas in one of them gives further credit to a "vascular disruption" as the possible pathogenetic mechanism of the disorder. The two other patients were born with symmetrical aplasia cutis at the extensory aspects of both knees, which presumably represents a milder expression of the former defect. Thus the so-called aplasia cutis with fetus papyraceus shows heterogeneity in localization, extension, presence of extracutaneous abnormalities, and possible association with fetus papyraceus at birth. To include all the patients affected by this peculiar type of aplasia cutis congenita, the designation of aplasia cutis with extracranial symmetrical involvement is proposed.
