[Bulky superinfected tinea capitis of the scalp. Treatment by surgical resection and reconstruction by cutaneous expansion].
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.
Kron
C
C
Unité de chirurgie plastique, hôpital Robert-Debré, Paris, France.
Oger
P
P
Traxer
O
O
Fabre
M
M
Valayer
J
J
Aigrain
Y
Y
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