RT Book, Section
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Smith, Mindy A.
A1 Chumley, Heidi S.
A1 Mayeaux, E.J.
SR Print(0)
ID 57678708
T1 Chapter 137. Tinea Capitis
T2 The Color Atlas of Family Medicine, 2e
YR 2013
FD 2013
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176964-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57678708
RD 2024/04/19
AB An  11-year-old  boy  has  a  history  of  2  months  of  progressive  patchy  hair  loss  (Figure  137-1).  He  has  some  itching  of  the  scalp  but  his  mother  is  worried  about  his  hair  loss.  Physical  examination  reveals  alopecia  with  scaling  of  the  scalp  and  broken  hairs  looking  like  black  dots  in  the  areas  of  hair  loss.  A  KOH  preparation  is  created  by  scraping  an  area  of  alopecia  onto  a  slide.  A  few  loose  hairs  are  added  to  the  slide  before  the  KOH  and  cover  slip  are  placed.  Fungal  elements  are  seen  under  the  microscope.  After  6  weeks  of  griseofulvin,  the  tinea  capitis  is  fully  resolved.