Nodules on the Hair: A Rare Case of Mixed Piedra

Piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft characterized by nodules along the hair shaft. Black piedra affects the scalp hair more frequently than white piedra. Occurrence of both types of piedra simultaneously in a patient is extremely rare. We describe here a rare case of mixed pie...

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Autores principales: Khatu, Swapna S, Poojary, Shital Amin, Nagpur, Niranjan G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778538
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.130421
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author Khatu, Swapna S
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description Piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft characterized by nodules along the hair shaft. Black piedra affects the scalp hair more frequently than white piedra. Occurrence of both types of piedra simultaneously in a patient is extremely rare. We describe here a rare case of mixed piedra of scalp hair.
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spelling pubmed-39996582014-04-28 Nodules on the Hair: A Rare Case of Mixed Piedra Khatu, Swapna S Poojary, Shital Amin Nagpur, Niranjan G Int J Trichology Case Report Piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft characterized by nodules along the hair shaft. Black piedra affects the scalp hair more frequently than white piedra. Occurrence of both types of piedra simultaneously in a patient is extremely rare. We describe here a rare case of mixed piedra of scalp hair. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3999658/ /pubmed/24778538 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.130421 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Trichology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nodules on the Hair: A Rare Case of Mixed Piedra
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title_full Nodules on the Hair: A Rare Case of Mixed Piedra
title_fullStr Nodules on the Hair: A Rare Case of Mixed Piedra
title_full_unstemmed Nodules on the Hair: A Rare Case of Mixed Piedra
title_short Nodules on the Hair: A Rare Case of Mixed Piedra
title_sort nodules on the hair: a rare case of mixed piedra
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24778538
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7753.130421
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