TY - JOUR ID - 100204 TI - A case of altered clinical picture of extensive tinea corporis (tinea as a great mimicker) JO - Iranian Journal of Dermatology JA - IJD LA - en SN - AU - Henry, Daniel AU - Singh, Adarshlata AU - Madke, Bhushan AU - Kedia, Palak AD - Department of Dermatology, AVBRH Hospital and Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC), Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 22 IS - 3 SP - 107 EP - 109 KW - Tinea corporis KW - itch KW - Dermatophyte DO - 10.22034/ijd.2019.100204 N2 - Tinea corporis is a superficial dermatophyte infection. This is a case report of a 45-year-old female presenting with a history of erythematous raised lesions with itching all over the body since one year ago. Based on clinical findings, the lesions were diagnosed as tinea corporis. A KOH smear was carried out and results were negative probably due to application of steroids, and a histopathological examination was done. On histopathological examination, the patient was proved to have dermatophytosis caused by Trichophyton mentagrophytes. The patient was successfully treated with oral itraconazole 200mg once a day and griseofulvin 250 mg once a day along with 2 % ketoconazole for topical application. UR - https://www.iranjd.ir/article_100204.html L1 - https://www.iranjd.ir/article_100204_9f085e48d251747bc46d692c025e521b.pdf ER -