Abstract

Kerion celsi is an inflammatory type of tinea capitis, which occurs chiefly in children between the ages of 4 and 14 years. We report a case of kerion celsi caused by Trichophyton(T.) mentagrophytes in 69 year-old man, who showed a 8×8 cm sized, erythematous boggy mass with pustules and crusts on the right occipital scalp. Cultures from scalp lesion and infected hair on Sabouraud dextrose agar media showed T. mentagrophytes. Histopathologic findings showed inflammatory cell infiltration in entire dermis and many spores around the hair shaft. The skin lesion was successfully treated with terbinafine (250 mg/day) for 8 weeks. This case is reported with three interesting facts: Kerion celsi caused by T. mentagrophytes has been rarely reported in Korean literatures; Kerion celsi is occuring in an aged man with decreased cellular immunity after chemotherapy; Kerion celsi caused by T. mentagrophytes responded well to oral

terbinafine.

Keywords

Kerion celsi Trichophyton mentagrophytes

KJMM 2002 June;7(2):86-91(6). Epub 2016 February 22
Copyright © 2002 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Bong Seok Jang; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea
Ju Hyun Jo; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea
Chang Keun Oh; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea
Ho Sun Jang; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea
Kyung Sool Kwon; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Corresponding

Kyung Sool Kwon, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea. Tel: (051) 240-7337, 7338, Fax: (051) 245-9467, e-mail: kwonks@pusan.ac.kr

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Bong Seok Jang

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Ju Hyun Jo

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Chang Keun Oh

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Ho Sun Jang

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Kyung Sool Kwon

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 22