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Before making this diagnosis of exclusion, clinicians should first rule out other potential causes of torso hypopigmentation, such as tinea versicolor, pityriasis alba, vitiligo, hypopigmented ...
January 28, 2009 — Practice recommendations for primary care clinicians to diagnose and treat skin pigmentation disorders are provided in a review in the January 15 issue of American Family ...
Tinea (pityriasis) versicolor. Tinea versicolor is a common, chronic superficial fungal infection of the upper trunk, neck, and upper arms (see Figure 1). ... erythrasma, pityriasis alba, and ...
This girl has pityriasis alba, a common variant of atopic dermatitis that typically presents in young children with darker skin phototypes. ... KOH scraping of pityriasis versicolor, with the ...
The herald patch of pityriasis rosea also presents as a mildly pruritic annular eruption with some scale at the margins but often without central clearing. ... Diseases & Conditions Tinea ...
Pityriacitrin is a yellow compound that may act as a natural sunscreen, absorbing ultraviolet light in skin affected with tinea versicolor, also leading to relative hypopigmentation (Mayser ...
However, the inverse pattern of pityriasis rosea will still resolve in a similar time frame to its more classic variant." Pityriasis lichenoides can also be mistaken for psoriasis. The acute form ...
Ciclopirox cream is indicated for the treatment of the following dermal infections: tinea pedis, tinea cruris, tinea corporis, candidiasis, and tinea (pityriasis) versicolor. Reviewed by Gary D ...
The main differential diagnosis is pityriasis versicolor, where there is simply hypopigmentation, rather than no pigmentation. But in clinical practice, diagnosis can sometimes be delayed by ...
For topical treatment of tinea versicolor during pregnancy, limited application of clotrimazole or miconazole is considered safe, and zinc pyrithione soap or topical benzoyl peroxide soap can be ...