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Dermoscopy - a simple and rapid in vivo diagnostic technique for tinea incognito.
Sonthalia, Sidharth; Ankad, Balachandra S; Goldust, Mohamad; Jha, Abhijeet Kumar.
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  • Sonthalia S; Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Trichology, SKINNOCENCE: The Skin Clinic & Research Center, Gurugram, India. Electronic address: sidharth.sonthalia@gmail.com.
  • Ankad BS; Department of Dermatology & STD, S. Nijalingappa Medical College, Bagalkot, India.
  • Goldust M; Department of Dermatology & STD, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
  • Jha AK; Department of Dermatology & STD, Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna, India.
An Bras Dermatol ; 94(5): 612-614, 2019.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31777365
Tinea incognito resulting from corticosteroid abuse is becoming very common in the tropics. Its diagnosis is tricky owing to its confusing morphology, as well as practical and technical issues associated with mycological tests. Dermoscopy has now evolved as a novel diagnostic tool for diagnosing tinea incognito in such challenging situations, since the typical hair changes such as Morse-code hairs, deformable hairs, translucent hairs, comma and cork screw hairs, and perifollicular scaling may be seen despite steroid use, irrespective of mycological results.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Tinha / Dermoscopia Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limite: Adult / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: An Bras Dermatol Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Espanha

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Tinha / Dermoscopia Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies Limite: Adult / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: An Bras Dermatol Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Espanha