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Volume 343:1499 November 16, 2000 Number 20
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Tinea Incognito

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To the Editor: The photograph presented as a case of tinea incognito by Feder (July 6 issue)1 does not show features of tinea incognito. Tinea incognito is a mycotic infection of the skin that has been modified by systemic or topical treatment with steroids in a way that renders it no longer diagnostic. By contrast, the patient pictured in the article has a clear-cut cutaneous mycotic infection; in fact, the multiple, concentric erythematous rings with fine scaling are typical of tinea corporis. Patients with tinea incognito, by contrast, have patches, papules, or small nodules without the characteristic scaling of tinea . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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