title: Tinea faciei mimicking cutaneous lupus erythematosus: a histopathologic case report.
abstract: Tinea faciei is an uncommon dermatophyte infection. Clinically, it may resemble other dermatoses such as cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), polymorphous light eruption, and contact dermatitis. Histopathology is highly variable, demonstrating a spectrum from mild focal spongiosis to a chronic spongiotic psoriasiform dermatitis with a mixed dermal inflammatory infiltrate and fungi in the cornified layer. We report a case of tinea faciei with histopathology that is characteristic of CLE.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dermatology and Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: Simin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meymandi
authors.forename: Marni C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wiseman
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Crawford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008178:Lupus Erythematosus, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology*; D014005:Tinea / Q000473:pathology*