title: Isolated scalp involvement with pityriasis versicolor alba (pityrias versicolor albus capitis) in a patient from a dry, temperate region.
abstract: Pityriasis versicolor (tinea versicolor) is a common superficial fungal infection of the skin involving the hyphal (filamentous) form of Pityrosporum orbiculare. Clinical cutaneous infection is common in humid, tropical climates, but declines to less than 5 percent in temperate climates. Isolated face or scalp involvement is rare. We present a boy living in a temperate region who had sudden onset of scalp and hairline involvement with tinea versicolor.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Department, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naseri
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Namazi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002980:Climate; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp; D014010:Tinea Versicolor / Q000175:diagnosis