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TINEA VERSICOLOR INVOLVING THE SCALP

1943; American Medical Association; Volume: 47; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archderm.1943.01500220084007

1538-3652

OSWALDO G. COSTA,

Fungal Infections and Studies

The favorite location of pityriasis versicolor is the upper part of the trunk. However, the disease may begin in or spread to other parts of the skin. Thus, its location in the follicular orifices has been recorded by McEwen, 1 Aleixo 2 and Perin and Langlois 3 ; in the plantar region, by Smith 4 ; in the palmar region, by Gottheil 5 ; on the nails, by Campana 6 ; on the dorsa of the hands and forearms, by Orsini 7 ; in the inguinal and inguinocrural regions, by Perin and Langlois 3 and Moore 8 ; on the internal surfaces of the thighs, by Aleixo 9 ; on the female breast, by Rietman 10 ; on the face, by Biart, 11 Smith, 12 Gottheil, 13 Allen, 14 Sidlick and Corson, 15 Besnier, 16 Payne, 17 Arton, 18 Dubreuilh 19 and Aleixo 2 ; in the folds of the joints, by Gougerot, Blum and Duché, 20 and in