Trichoscopic features of tinea capitis in a straight-haired Hispanic woman

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" Trichoscopic features of tinea capitis in a straight-haired Hispanic woman "
Nguyen, Jannett; Chapman, Lance W; Smith, Janellen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	924971
Doc. No	:	LA8cw0s639
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Nguyen, Jannett; Chapman, Lance W; Smith, Janellen
Title & Author	:	Trichoscopic features of tinea capitis in a straight-haired Hispanic woman [Article]\ Nguyen, Jannett; Chapman, Lance W; Smith, Janellen
Title of Periodical	:	Dermatology Online Journal
Volume/ Issue Number	:	24/11
Date	:	2018
Abstract	:	Comma and corkscrew hairs are trichoscopic markers of tinea capitis. Although comma hairs have been reported in both black and white patients with tinea capitis, corkscrew hairs were previously hypothesized to manifest exclusively in patients with curly or African hair types. However, we report a significant number of comma and corkscrew hairs in a Hispanic female patient with naturally straight hair and Trichophyton tonsurans tinea capitis. Thus, dermoscopy is a rapid, noninvasive, and cost-effective tool for evaluating tinea capitis and should be used in combination with culture in all patients regardless of hair texture or race.