Abstract

Tinea capitis is the most common in children, but can be seen in adults. In the adult population, tinea capitis is more frequent in elderly women than other adults. We report two cases of tinea capitis occurring in an 85-year-old female and an 80-year-old female. The vertex of the former showed an erythematous scaly patch with slight hair loss and the scalp of the latter showed a painful erythematous plaque with severe hair loss. From two patients, Microsporum canis was isolated.

Keywords

Elderly women Microsporum canis Tinea capitis

KJMM 2010 March;15(1):18-21(4). Epub 2016 February 18
Copyright © 2010 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Seong-Min Kim; Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
Jin Park; Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
Jong-Sun Lee; Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
Yong-Sun Cho; Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
Seok-Kweon Yun; Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea
Han-Uk Kim; Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea

Corresponding

Han-Uk Kim, Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea. Tel: (063) 250-1877, Fax: (063) 250-1970, e-mail: hanukkim@chonbuk.ac.kr

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Acknowledgements

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Seong-Min Kim

Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea

Jin Park

Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea

Jong-Sun Lee

Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea

Yong-Sun Cho

Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea

Seok-Kweon Yun

Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea

Han-Uk Kim

Department of Dermatology, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, South Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 18