Tinea incognito is a dermatophytosis of atypical clinical character, usually misdiagnosed and treated with corticosteroids. A 17-year-old girl had erythematous papules and pustules on her face, diagnosed earlier as allergy and mistreated by topical corticosteroids and antihistamines. Facial lesions had only been investigated by bacteriological methods. Propionibacterium acnes was isolated on bl...

Tinea incognito is a dermatophyte infection modified by inappropriate and often prolonged use of topical steroids. We present a case of tinea incognito in a 72-year-old woman, referred by her family physician who had unsuccessfully treated the lesions for 3 weeks with topical steroid cream. Physical examination revealed multiple nummular scaly papules and plaques which spread over her arms and ...

Vol. 26 No. 2, 2014 267 Received January 15, 2013, Revised April 24, 2013, Accepted for publication April 26, 2013 Corresponding author: Soyun Cho, Department of Dermatology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjakgu, Seoul 156-849, Korea. Tel: 82-2-870-2381, Fax: 82-2-870-3866, E-mail: [email protected] This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creati...