Comma hairs in tinea capitis: a useful dermatoscopic sign for diagnosis of tinea capitis.
Diagnosis of tinea capitis (TC) can be challenging for dermatologists, especially in noninflammatory TC caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes and in black patients, in whom erythema of the scalp is difficult to appreciate. The finding of a typical TC dermoscopic pattern may lead more quickly to a correct diagnosis.
Dermatologic Department, San Paolo Hospital, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. elisabetta.mapelli@hotmail.it
Elisabetta T M
ET
Mapelli
Lorenzo
L
Gualandri
Amilcare
A
Cerri
Silvano
S
Menni
D003883:Arthrodermataceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D044383:Black People; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000295:instrumentation; D012535:Scalp; D014006:Tinea Capitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000302:isolation & purification*