title: Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: Superimposed tinea capitis as the etiology of chronic scalp pruritus.
abstract: We discuss a patient with central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) who developed severe scalp pruritus that was initially attributed to the cicatricial alopecia and ultimately diagnosed as tinea capitis. The rarity of severe pruritus in CCCA should prompt a search for a fungal infection in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. chiangc@derm.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Paradi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mirmirani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000505:Alopecia / Q000150:complications*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006118:Griseofulvin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology*; D000077291:Terbinafine; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D006118:Griseofulvin; D000077291:Terbinafine