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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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Nodules on the hair: A rare case of mixed piedra
Swapna S Khatu1, Shital Amin Poojary2, Niranjan G Nagpur2
1 Department of Dermatology, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College, Narhe, Pune, India
2 Department of Dermatology, K.J. Somaiya Medical College, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Shital Amin Poojary
A-401, Veena Vihar, Datta Mandir Road, Dahanukar Wadi, Kandivali (West), Mumbai - 400 067, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0974-7753.130421
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Piedra is a superficial fungal infection of the hair shaft characterized by nodules along the hair shaft. Black piedra affects the scalp hair more frequently than white piedra. Occurrence of both types of piedra simultaneously in a patient is extremely rare. We describe here a rare case of mixed piedra of scalp hair. |
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