II. Epidemiology
- Children often acquire from dogs and cats
III. Symptoms
- Itching or burning sensation
- Provoked by sunlight exposure
IV. Signs
- Location: Non-bearded face
- Often difficult to indentify (Tinea incognito)
- Minimal scale
- Faint erythema
V. Lab
-
Potassium Hydroxide (KOH 20%)
- Scrape from active border
VI. Differential Diagnosis
- Psoriasis
- Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
- Contact Dermatitis
- Acne Rosacea
- Polymorphous light eruption
VII. Management
- See Tinea Corporis
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| Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
| SnomedCT | 240696004 |
| Spanish | Tiña facial, tiña facial (trastorno), tiña facial |
| French | Dermatophytose du visage |
| Dutch | tinea faciei |
| Portuguese | Tinha facial |
| German | Tinea faciei |
| Italian | Tinea faciei |
| Japanese | ｶﾞﾝﾒﾝﾊｸｾﾝ, 顔面白癬 |
| English | tinea facialis (diagnosis), tinea facialis, face ringworm, ringworm face, tinea faciei, Ringworm of face, Tinea faciei, Tinea faciei (disorder) |
| Czech | Tinea faciei |
| Hungarian | Tinea faciei |
