Tinea Capitis
also Scalp ringworm
Fungal infection of the scalp with scaly patches and hair loss
Tinea capitis is a cutaneous fungal infection (dermatophytosis) of the scalp. The disease is primarily caused by dermatophytes in the genera Trichophyton and Microsporum that invade the hair shaft. The clinical presentation is typically single or multiple patches of hair loss, sometimes with a 'black dot' pattern, that may be accompanied by inflammation, scaling, pustules, and itching. Uncommon in adults, tinea capitis is predominantly seen in pre-pubertal children, more often boys than girls.
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- Management of tinea capitis in childhood
- Tinea capitis mimicking tufted hair folliculitis
- A Current Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenge: Tinea Capitis
- Bar code–like hair: Dermoscopic marker of tinea capitis and tinea of the eyebrow
- Tinea capitis in an immigrant pediatric community; a clinical signs-based treatment approach
- The corkscrew and comma-shaped hairs of tinea capitis
- Tinea capitis (Favus) in a 8‐year‐old child: Case report
- Tinea Capitis Presenting as Diffuse Hair Loss and Significance of Trichoscopy: Four Case Reports
- Gender Differences in Psychosocial Outcomes of Hair Loss Resulting from Childhood Irradiation for Tinea Capitis
- Epidemiological, clinical and mycological profile of Tinea capitis among schoolchildren in Brazzaville, republic of the Congo in 2024: a descriptive cross-sectional study
- Majocchi's granuloma of the scalp caused by Trichophyton tonsurans in an immunosuppressed adolescent with Crohn's disease: a case report
- Elongated Corkscrew Hairs as a Possible Novel Trichoscopic Sign in Endothrix Tinea Capitis Affecting Adults with Immunosuppression
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- Paediatric Tinea Capitis in New Zealand: A Case Series
- Severe Adult Kerion Celsi With Rapid Improvement During Systemic Antifungal and Adjunctive Secretome Therapy: A Case Report
- Clinico-Epidemiological, Trichoscopic, and Light Microscopic Evaluation of Pediatric Hair and Scalp Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital
- Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Impact of Trichoscopy in Alopecia: A Cross-Sectional Study From a Rural Tertiary Care Centre
- Tinea capitis in Older Adults: A Neglected and Misdiagnosed Scalp Infection—A Systematic Review of Reported Cases
- Tinea Capitis with Eyebrow Involvement: Dermoscopy Clinched the Diagnosis
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