Comma Hairs in Tinea Capitis: A Useful Dermatoscopic Sign for Diagnosis of Tinea Capitis

:  Diagnosis of tinea capitis (TC) can be challenging for dermatologists, especially in noninflammatory TC caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes and in black patients, in whom erythema of the scalp is difficult to appreciate. The finding of a typical TC dermoscopic pattern may lead more quickly to...

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Published inPediatric dermatology Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 223 - 224
Main Authors MAPELLI, ELISABETTA T. M., GUALANDRI, LORENZO, CERRI, AMILCARE, MENNI, SILVANO
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2012
Subjects
African Continental Ancestry Group
Arthrodermataceae - isolation & purification
Child
Child, Preschool
Dermoscopy
Female
Hair
Humans
Male
Physical Examination - instrumentation
Scalp
Tinea Capitis - diagnosis
Trichophyton - isolation & purification
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Summary::  Diagnosis of tinea capitis (TC) can be challenging for dermatologists, especially in noninflammatory TC caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes and in black patients, in whom erythema of the scalp is difficult to appreciate. The finding of a typical TC dermoscopic pattern may lead more quickly to a correct diagnosis.
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ISSN:0736-8046
1525-1470
DOI:10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01598.x