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Dermoscopic image of tinea capitis presenting with comma hairs
Dermoscopic image of tinea capitis presenting with corkscrew hairs
Dermoscopic image of tinea capitis showing zigzag hairs; focal weakening of the hair shaft in a male child
Dermoscopic image of tinea capitis showing morse code–like hair; interrupted hairs with multiple bands along the hair shaft in a female child.
A scaly patch with short broken hairs in tinea capitis (TC-patient1)
Dermoscopic image showing comma hair (white circles) zigzag hair (black arrows) and morse-code hair (red arrows) denoting tinea capitis (TC-patient1)
Marked scaling and scalp hair thinning in tinea capitis (TC-patient2)
Dermoscopic image of corkscrew hairs (white circles) with yellowish greasy scales (red arrows) denoting tinea capitis (TC-patient2)
A woman with tinea capitis presenting with diffuse hair loss and scalp scaling (TC-patient3)
Dermoscopic image showing zigzag hairs (white arrow) with yellowish crustations (red arrows) and follicular pustule (blue circle) denoting inflammatory type tinea capitis (TC-patient3)
Scale, pustules and patchy hair loss in tinea capitis (TC-patient4)
Scale, pustules and patchy hair loss in tinea capitis (TC-patient4)
Resolving tinea capitis after oral griseofulvin treatment (TC-patient4)
Resolving tinea capitis after griseofulvin treatment (TC-patient4)
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