Hair Shaft Yellow Nodules in a Pediatric Female Patient.

نویسندگان

  • Cecilia Sandoval-Tress
  • Roberto Arenas-Guzmán
  • Daniela Araucaria Guzmán-Sánchez
چکیده

( fig. 2 ) as well as Sabouraud culture yeast colonies with a brain-shaped appearance that were identified as Trichosporon spp. The affected hairs were examined by dermoscopy that showed fusiform and yellow nodules of Trichosporon spp. around the hair shaft and attached to the distal parts of the hair ( fig. 3 ). The patient was treated with itraconazole 100 mg/day and topical selenium sulfur shampoo with good clinical and mycological response after 2 months of treatment. What is your diagnosis? Question

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Skin appendage disorders

دوره 1 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015