title: Tinea mammae mimicking atopic eczema.
abstract: Tinea mammae is a dermatophyte infection of the breast. Although rarely reported in this anatomical location, it can mimic other dermatoses. In this paper we describe an 85-year-old man with an erythema at the left breast which had enlarged over the previous 3 weeks. Trichophyton rubrum was isolated. Digital 20-MHz sonography revealed a reduction in echogenicity of the corium and a widened corium. Treatment with fluconazole over 5 weeks led to clearing of the lesion at the glabrous skin. At the end of therapy no difference between the involved and uninvolved skin areas was found sonographically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Böhmer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gottlöber
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Korting
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001940:Breast / Q000382:microbiology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014005:Tinea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary