Tinea Capitis

Question 1

Common causatives?

Answer 1

Microsporum canis > trichophyton tonsurans
Never c/b epidermophyton

Question 2

Classify the non inflammatory pattern?
Is it scarring / non scarring ?

Answer 2

Ectothrix → cortex (cuticle surface) intact → grey patch → microsporum canis , M. Ferrugineum,M. audouinii

Endothrix → cortex breached → black dot( broken tips are seen as black dots) → T . Violaceum & T . Tonsurans

Question 3

Inflammatory types?

Answer 3

Kerion → tricho. Mentagraphytes T. Verrucosum , M. Canis → boggy infl. Tender mass , occipital & posterior cervical LAD ,scarring alopecia

Favus → tricho. Schoenleini → scutula ( foul smelling yellowish cup shaped crusts) → cicatricial alopecia

Question 4

Dx?

Answer 4

KOH mount

Question 5

Rxoc?
No species mentioned?
Species mentioned?

Answer 5

Doc → griseofulvin

Microsporum species → oral griseofulvin
Trichophyton species → oral terbinafine