Three Cases of Inverse Pityriasis Versicolor
Abstract
Pityriasis versicolor is a mild chronic superficial fungal infection, usually involving the seborrheic area of the neck, upper arms, and back. In a few instances, however, the eruption has been confined to highly atypical areas, such as one palm, the soles, the face, the scalp, the penis, and the groin. Inverse pityriasis versicolor refer to clinical disease located predominantly in flexural areas. We report three cases of inverse pityriasis versicolor in a 55-year-old man, in a 47-year-old man, in a 27-year-old man. The lesion were manifested by slightly scaly, brownish macules on the groin. Potassium hydroxide (KOH) prepatation showed numerous short hyphae and spores, and Wood's lamp examination showed yellowish brown fluorescence of involved skins. Fungal culture on Leeming and Notman's media grew out the typical colonies of M. globosa and M. sympodialis after 2 weeks at 34℃. The patients were treated with 200 mg of itraconazole daily for 1 week and topical antifungals.
Keywords
Inverse pityriasis versicolor Groin
KJMM
2002 September;7(3):155-160(6). Epub 2016 February 20
Copyright © 2002 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
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Korean/English
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Sung Wook Lim; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Moo Kyu Suh; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Ho Chung Lee; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Jin Hyouk Choi; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Yeon Jin Kim; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Jeong Woo Lee; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Gyoung Yim Ha; Departments of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Gun Yoen Na; Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea
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Moo Kyu Suh, Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea. Tel: (054) 770-8269, Fax: (054) 773-1581, e-mail: mksuhmd@hanmail.net
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Sung Wook Lim
Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Moo Kyu Suh
Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Ho Chung Lee
Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Jin Hyouk Choi
Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Yeon Jin Kim
Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Jeong Woo Lee
Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Gyoung Yim Ha
Departments of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Kyongju, Korea
Gun Yoen Na
Department of Dermatology, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Taegu, Korea
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