title: Recurrent fungal infection of the face: diagnostic pitfalls.
abstract: Despite many warnings in the literature that tinea faciale is a great imitator, it remains a commonly misdiagnosed disease. A case of facial tinea that presented twice as a diagnostic dilemma is discussed and the difficulties that sometimes arise in diagnosing this condition clinically are emphasized.
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology