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Image Number #5487 (Tinea capitis)

Diagnosis: Tinea capitis

Description: Rounded patch with non-cicatricial hair loss.

Morphology: Hair loss localised

Site: Scalp

Sex: F

Age: 6

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany

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History:

Solitary, rounded patch of non-cicatricial hair loss involved the scalp of two months duration. The first image shows purulent exudate due te secondary bacterial infection which had been eradicated within one week on antibiotic therapy (Images 2 & 3).

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