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. 2018 Feb;30(1):97-99.
doi: 10.5021/ad.2018.30.1.97. Epub 2017 Dec 26.

Tinea Incognito with Folliculitis-Like Presentation: A Case Series

Min-Woo Kim  1 , Hyun-Sun Park  1 , Jeong Mo Bae  2 , Hyun-Sun Yoon  1 , Soyun Cho  1
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Tinea Incognito with Folliculitis-Like Presentation: A Case Series

Min-Woo Kim et al. Ann Dermatol. 2018 Feb.
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Fig. 1. Tinea incognito with folliculitis-like presentation. (A) Before treatment. (B) Complete resolution of skin lesions after 4 weeks of oral terbinafine. (C) Intracorneal pustules and superficial perivascular superficial perivascular lymphohistiocytic, eosinophilic and neutrophilic infiltration (H&E, ×100). (D) Fungal hyphae and spores (Gomori methenamine silver, ×200).
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