Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis

Clinical distinction between pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis and pityriasis amiantacea due to noninfectious inflammatory diseases is a troublesome task, with a significant likelihood of diagnostic errors/delays and prescription of inappropriate therapies. We report a case of pityriasis amia...

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Autores principales: Errichetti, Enzo, Stinco, Giuseppe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Derm101.com 2016
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Observation
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648387
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0603a13
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description Clinical distinction between pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis and pityriasis amiantacea due to noninfectious inflammatory diseases is a troublesome task, with a significant likelihood of diagnostic errors/delays and prescription of inappropriate therapies. We report a case of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis with its dermoscopic findings in order to highlight the usefulness of dermoscopy in improving the recognition of such a condition.
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spelling pubmed-50065562016-09-19 Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis Errichetti, Enzo Stinco, Giuseppe Dermatol Pract Concept Observation Clinical distinction between pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis and pityriasis amiantacea due to noninfectious inflammatory diseases is a troublesome task, with a significant likelihood of diagnostic errors/delays and prescription of inappropriate therapies. We report a case of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis with its dermoscopic findings in order to highlight the usefulness of dermoscopy in improving the recognition of such a condition. Derm101.com 2016-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5006556/ /pubmed/27648387 http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0603a13 Text en Copyright: ©2016 Errichetti et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis
title Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis
title_full Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis
title_fullStr Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis
title_full_unstemmed Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis
title_short Dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis
title_sort dermoscopy as a useful supportive tool for the diagnosis of pityriasis amiantacea-like tinea capitis
topic Observation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5006556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27648387
http://dx.doi.org/10.5826/dpc.0603a13
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