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

Author

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

Corresponding

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

Since epub date 2016 February 20