title: [Bulky superinfected tinea capitis of the scalp. Treatment by surgical resection and reconstruction by cutaneous expansion].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tinea capitis are usually cured by medical treatment. We present an unusual case which required a surgical treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  A bulky infected kerion ignored for several weeks extended to a large part of the scalp of a 4-year-old girl. Antibiotics and antifungal agents were ineffective so that a total resection was necessary. The loss of substance was covered by a cutaneous graft; the large alopecia was secondarily repaired by a cutaneous expansion. Evolution has been followed for the past 10 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is exceptional that surgical treatment should be required for this condition.
authors.affiliation: Unité de chirurgie plastique, hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kron
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oger
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Traxer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valayer
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aigrain
mesh_terms: D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005602:France; D019430:Guadeloupe / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015626:Tissue Expansion