Temporal triangular alopecia: report of an African-American child with TTA misdiagnosed as refractory tinea capitis.
Temporal triangular alopecia is an underrecognized form of nonscarring alopecia that appears in children between the ages of 3 and 6 years and is often misdiagnosed. Increased awareness of this entity is needed to prevent ineffective and harmful treatments. We present a case misdiagnosed as tinea capitis in an African-American girl, review the literature, and elucidate the major differential diagnoses.
Erickson
Quenby
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Department of Dermatology, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
Yanase
David
D
Perry
Van
V
D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000175:diagnosis*