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Austin J Clin Ophthalmol. 2017; 4(2): 1084.
Tinea Imbricate
Manas Bajpai¹, Nilesh Pardhe¹ and Pradkshana Vijay²*
¹Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, NIMS Dental College, India
²Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, KGMU, India
*Corresponding author: Pradkshana Vijay, Senior Resident, Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, KGMU Lucknow, India
Received: November 20, 2017; Accepted: December 27, 2017; Published: December 29, 2017
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An 8 year old presented with the chief complaint of several itchy hypo pigmented scars on her left side of face since 2 months, but other parts of her body were normal. Skin scrapings were microscopically examined in KOH 10% and numerous irregular, branch and septate hyaline hyphae were observed. The patient was successfully treated with oral terbinafine 250mg/day, topical clotrimazole (1% ointment), topical miconazole (2% cream) two times daily and potassium permanganate for daily washing for four weeks. After 1 year of follow up no complaint, reported about the relapse of infection.
Tinea imbricata is an unusual form of tinea corporis caused by the strictly anthropophilic dermatophyte T. concentricum.
Figure 1: Erythematous itchy lesion of face.
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