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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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Two erratic cases of tinea capitis in adults: Utility of trichoscopy
Maha Lahouel1, Sana Mokni1, Hamed Chouaieb2, Mohamed Denguezli1
1 Department of Dermatology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia
2 Department of Parasitology-Mycology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Maha Lahouel
Department of Dermatology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse
Tunisia
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DOI: 10.4103/ijt.ijt_20_20
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Tinea capitis (TC) is a common infectious disease throughout the world, mainly seen in children, but it can occur in adults. Even if mycological examination is essential to confirm the diagnosis, it has been proved that trichoscopy is a very effective useful tool in the screening of TC. Herein, we report two cases of adult TC with atypical clinical presentations causing a diagnostic delay of several years.
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