Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: Superimposed tinea capitis as the etiology of chronic scalp pruritus.
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.
Chiang
Charles
C
Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. chiangc@derm.ucsf.edu
Price
Vera
V
Mirmirani
Paradi
P
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
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D006118:Griseofulvin; D000077291:Terbinafine