TINEA VERSICOLOR INVOLVING THE SCALP
1938; American Medical Association; Volume: 37; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/archderm.1938.01480120036004
ISSN1538-3652
Autores Tópico(s)Contact Dermatitis and Allergies
ResumoSeveral cases of tinea versicolor involving the scalp have been reported during the past few years. However, with the exception of a case reported by Keller 1 from Germany, all those hitherto observed have been noted in Russia and in the Far East. Matsumoto 2 and Shoji 3 were the first to record localization on the scalp of tinea versicolor and stated that this was not uncommon in the Japanese and the Chinese. In a short period Shoji observed twenty cases of such localization, almost all of them in young men. The condition usually involved the posterior portion of the scalp. Suzuki 4 in 1928 reported seventeen cases of tinea versicolor in unusual locations, in fourteen of which there were lesions on the scalp. Kaschkin 5 encountered Microsporon furfur in scales from the scalp in three of ninety-five cases of tinea versicolor. I failed to find mention of involvement of
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