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Image Number #4454 (Pityriasis versicolor)

Diagnosis: Pityriasis versicolor

Description: Hyperpigmented patches in photo-exposed sites.

Morphology: Hyperpigmentation

Site: Neck front

Sex: M

Age: 26

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany

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Differential Diagnosis
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History:

Asymptomatic hyperpigmented slightly scaly patches with an unusual involvement of photo-exposed areas of many months duration. Pale yellow fluorescence was noted under wood's lamp examination of the lesions and KOH examination of scales yielded fungal hyphae and spores.  

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