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Tinea incognito is a condition that occurs after a fungal infection of the skin has been incorre Tinea incognito treated with a steroid cream. These creams, while appro priate for treating certain conditions as eczema or psoriasis psoriasis,, can worsen fungal infections. Patients could experience symptoms s as itchiness, redness, or an increase in the size of the initial lesion lesion.. Treatment of tinea incogn varies according to the symptoms experienced, but could include a topical antifungal ointmen an antifungal pill taken by mouth. A number of different different fungi fungi,, including those in th the e classes Epidermophyton, Trichophyton, an icrosporum, can infect the superficial regions of the body. As As a collective, they are known a the dermatophytic infections, and can cause a variety of conditions including those commonl known as athlete!s foot, foot, "ock itch, itch, cradle cap, and ringworm ringworm.. #ometimes these fungal infectio are misdiagnosed, and instead of being treated with an antifungal cream or cream or spray, they are treated with skin creams that include anti$inflammatory substances referred to as steroids. any times the incorrect treatment of th e dermatophytic infections with steroid creams does cause any symptoms. %n some cases, however, it causes the condition known as tinea incog Patients report symptoms such as pain or itchiness at the location of the fungal infection. The skin itself can become redder, can develop a purple color, or could become raised above the natural contour. &ccasionally, &ccasionally, the condition can infect hair follicles, causing a painful conditio known asfolliculitis asfolliculitis.. Ad
aking the diagnosis of tinea incognito can be difficult. Patients typically were initially misdiagnosed with having conditions such as psoriasis or eczema, instead of receiving the correct diagnosis of having a sup erficial fungal infection. After a worsening of their symptoms to application of a steroid cream occurs, alert doctors could recognize that an initial misdiagn might have occurred. 'onfirming the diagnosis of having a dermatophytic infection can be do by scraping off a sample of the affected skin and examining it under the microscope.
The treatment of tinea incognito depends on the symptoms experienced. #ome patients with minor symptoms respond well to antifungal creams applied to the skin. ore complicated cas however, could re(uire treatment with antifungal medications that are taken in pill form. This especially true if the condition h as progressed to folliculitis. The medications taken by mouth typically have more side effects and re(uire more follow$up visits as compared to the antifun medications applied directly to the skin. Sign up to vote on this title
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en-ymelined immunosorbent assay (#/0"!). linical eamination revealed a bi-arre pattern nonpruritic, brownish circinate plaques, covered with whitegreyish greasy scales, which affec ecessive areas of the body, with accentuation in the facial, lower torso and buttoc areas (2ig There were no signs of tinea pedis or nail involvement. istological and immunohistochemical eamination revealed no evidence of active pemphigus foliaceus. owever, periodic acid"chiff (%!") stain, fungal culture and polymerase chain reaction (%$) analysis showed abundant Trichophyton rubrum, leading to the diagnosis tinea incognito. The patient commenc oral treatment with itracona-ole 1++ mgday for 4 wees, in addition to local therapy with ciclopiroolamine cream once a day with cessation of all topical steroids. 0n order to decrease need for systemic corticosteroids and to maintain complete remission of the bullous autoimmu disease with minimum adverse effects, we began maintenance treatment with a-athioprine by concurrently tapering the prednisolone daily dosage under 5.* mg. ! followup eamination ' months later showed complete resolution of the fungal infection with no recurrence of pemphig foliaceus.
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Tinea incognito, first described in 1:' by 0ve and ;ars (1, <), is a dermatophytic infection in which topical or systemic steroids, administered as a result of dermatological misdiagnosis or eisting pathologies, have modified its clinical appearance. ompared with untreated tinea corporis, tinea incognito usually displays a less raised margin, is less scaly, presents as more pustular, is more etensive and irritable, and can thereby mimic other sin diseases (e.g. pemphigus foliaceus), as described in this case report. 0n a large retrospective study $omano (4) analysed causative agents, clinical aspects, and sources of infection of <++ cases of tinea incognito. Tinea incognito was found to be due mainly to different Trichophyton and Microsporum species and clinically asthis lupus Signpresented up to vote on titleerythematos ec-ema and rosacealie on the face and impetigo and ec-emalie on trun and limbs (4). Useful purpura, Not useful 2urthermore, there have been reports of tinea incognito resembling seborrhoeic dermatitis, lichen planus, contact dermatitis, psoriasis and erythema migrans (1, 4–').
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