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Tinea Faciale
Aka: Tinea Faciale, Tinea Faciei, Tinea incognito
- See Also
- Tinea Corporis
- Tinea
- Skin Infection
- Cutaneous Fungal Infection
- Epidemiology
- Children often acquire from dogs and cats
- Symptoms
- Itching or burning Sensation
- Provoked by sunlight exposure
- Signs
- Location: Non-bearded face
- Often difficult to indentify (Tinea incognito)
- Minimal scale
- Faint erythema
- Lab
- Potassium Hydroxide (KOH 20%)
- Scrape from active border
- Differential Diagnosis
- Psoriasis
- Seborrheic Dermatitis
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
- Contact Dermatitis
- Acne Rosacea
- Polymorphous light eruption
- Management
- See Tinea Corporis