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Tinea Infection with Scutula-like Lesions Caused by Microsporum Gypseum in a SLE Patient: Case Report and Literature Review

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Scutula are characteristic lesions of tinea favosa or favus; the most frequently identified causative organism is Trichophyton schoenleinii. Although scutula-like lesions were described in Microsporum gypseum infection, their presence on glabrous skin in a patient with SLE has not been reported previously. We report a case of tinea infection with scutula-like lesions caused by Microsporum gypseum in a SLE patient, who was treated with topical terbinafine cream, and the lesions resolved completely. In addition, we reviewed the reported cases about this rare clinical manifestation caused by Microsporum gypseum in the medical literature.

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  1. Jinling Hospital, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Southern Medical University (Guangzhou), 305 E Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210002, Jiangsu Province, China

    Jiao Feng, Fang Liu, Quan De Deng, Hua Mei Zeng, Tao Qing Kong, Jun Chen & Hong Sang

  2. Jinling Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Nanjing University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China

    Fan Wu

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Feng, J., Liu, F., Wu, F. et al. Tinea Infection with Scutula-like Lesions Caused by Microsporum Gypseum in a SLE Patient: Case Report and Literature Review. Mycopathologia 176, 255–258 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-013-9652-1

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