A case of tinea incognita and differential diagnosis of figurate erythema

A patient with tinea incognita is presented together with a review of the literature of figurate erythema. Figurate lesions are emblematic for dermatology and perhaps the most picturesque efflorescences. The differential diagnosis can be broad and sometimes challenging. Many clinical entities with r...

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Autores principales: Maul, Julia-Tatjana, Maier, Philipp W., Anzengruber, Florian, Murer, Carla, Bosshard, Philipp P., Kerl, Katrin, French, Lars E., Navarini, Alexander A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5521022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28761802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.001
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author Maul, Julia-Tatjana
Maier, Philipp W.
Anzengruber, Florian
Murer, Carla
Bosshard, Philipp P.
Kerl, Katrin
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description A patient with tinea incognita is presented together with a review of the literature of figurate erythema. Figurate lesions are emblematic for dermatology and perhaps the most picturesque efflorescences. The differential diagnosis can be broad and sometimes challenging. Many clinical entities with resembling primary and secondary efflorescences have to be considered as differentials and can be due to anti-infectious, paraneoplastic, allergic, autoimmune or other immune reactions.
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spelling pubmed-55210222017-07-31 A case of tinea incognita and differential diagnosis of figurate erythema Maul, Julia-Tatjana Maier, Philipp W. Anzengruber, Florian Murer, Carla Bosshard, Philipp P. Kerl, Katrin French, Lars E. Navarini, Alexander A. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report A patient with tinea incognita is presented together with a review of the literature of figurate erythema. Figurate lesions are emblematic for dermatology and perhaps the most picturesque efflorescences. The differential diagnosis can be broad and sometimes challenging. Many clinical entities with resembling primary and secondary efflorescences have to be considered as differentials and can be due to anti-infectious, paraneoplastic, allergic, autoimmune or other immune reactions. Elsevier 2017-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5521022/ /pubmed/28761802 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.001 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Maul, Julia-Tatjana
Maier, Philipp W.
Anzengruber, Florian
Murer, Carla
Bosshard, Philipp P.
Kerl, Katrin
French, Lars E.
Navarini, Alexander A.
A case of tinea incognita and differential diagnosis of figurate erythema
title A case of tinea incognita and differential diagnosis of figurate erythema
title_full A case of tinea incognita and differential diagnosis of figurate erythema
title_fullStr A case of tinea incognita and differential diagnosis of figurate erythema
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title_short A case of tinea incognita and differential diagnosis of figurate erythema
title_sort case of tinea incognita and differential diagnosis of figurate erythema
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5521022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28761802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.001
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