Tinea incognito.
Fourteen cases are described in which the local application of corticosteroid preparations to ringworm infections of the skin have resulted in unusual clinical pictures. A kerion-like lesion due to Trichophyton rubrum, intertriginous infections simulating candidiasis and due to Epidermophyton floccosum, and pictures resembling poikiloderma, papular rosacea, and indeterminate leprosy are among the changes that were seen in these patients.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001623:Betamethasone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004485:Eczema / Q000139:chemically induced; D004821:Epidermophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005446:Fluocinolone Acetonide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006118:Griseofulvin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014631:Valerates / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014631:Valerates; D005446:Fluocinolone Acetonide; D006118:Griseofulvin; D007633:Keratins; D001623:Betamethasone; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide