Ann Dermatol.  2014 Apr;26(2):286-288. 10.5021/ad.2014.26.2.286.

'Clues' for the Histological Diagnosis of Tinea: How Reliable Are They?

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Dermatology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. sycho@snu.ac.kr
  • 2Laboratory of Cutaneous Aging and Hair Research, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Institute of Human-Environment Interface Biology, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

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MeSH Terms

Diagnosis*
Tinea*

Figure

  • Fig. 1 Skin biopsy specimens diagnosed as tinea corporis and tinea faciei showed various histological findings on H&E stained sections, including (A) parakeratosis, (B) basket weave keratin layer, (C) neutrophils in the stratum malpighii, (D) spongosis, (E) papillary dermal edema, and (F) eosinophils in the dermis (A~D: ×200; E: ×100; F: ×400).


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