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Image Number #1927 (Tinea capitis)

Diagnosis: Tinea capitis

Description: Gray scaly patch of the scalp and red scaly plaques on the upper back

Morphology: Patch

Site: Scalp

Sex: F

Age: 9

Type: Clinical

Submitted By: Shahbaz Janjua

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History: This 9-year-old girl had a pruritic gray scaly patch of sparse and broken hairs on the occipital scalp for over one month. A few erythematous scaly round plaques were also present on the face and the upper back.  

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