Tinea manuum misdiagnosed as psoriasis vulgaris: A case of tinea incognito
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Tinea manuum misdiagnosed as psoriasis vulgaris: A case of tinea incognito
Tinea manuum is a fungal infection of the hands caused by dermatophytes. It can present with erythema and minimal scale on the dorsum of the hand. However, chronic tinea manuum lesions located on the palmar region may be scaly and hyperkeratotic. Tinea manuum usually affects the dominant hand but it can also occur bilaterally. The term ‘tinea incognito’ is used to describe a dermatophyte infect...
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Vol. 30, No. 1, 2018 97 Received November 3, 2016, Accepted for publication January 2, 2017 Corresponding author: Hyun-Sun Park, Department of Dermatology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 07061, Korea. Tel: 82-2-870-2385, Fax: 82-2-831-0714, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribut...
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عنوان ژورنال: Our Dermatology Online
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2081-9390
DOI: 10.7241/ourd.20171.16