Dermoscopic Evaluation of Tinea Capitis: A Case Report
April 2019
in “
Dermatology reports
”
Studysummary This case study reported that scalp dermoscopy, or trichoscopy, provided a useful noninvasive method to evaluate and confirm hair regrowth in a child treated for tinea capitis. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
A 12-year-old boy with tinea capitis and partial alopecia was successfully treated with oral griseofulvin and ketoconazole shampoo, resulting in full hair regrowth after 8 weeks. Dermoscopic examination, which revealed fine scale, broken hairs, and comma hair, proved to be a valuable, non-invasive technique for diagnosing and monitoring hair loss due to tinea capitis. This method was found to be simple, quick, and well-accepted by both dermatologists and patients.
