Abtahi-Naeini Bahareh, Payandeh Atefeh, Rastegarnasab Fereshteh
Pediatric Dermatology Division of Department of Pediatrics Imam Hossein Children's Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.
Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran.
Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jul 30;11(8):e7752. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7752. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Presentation of tinea capitis with fungal mass in an infant is extremely rare. Tinea capitis with and without abscess formation is prone to be misdiagnosed in infants and should be considered as a differential diagnosis of inflammatory hair loss in infants and toddlers as well as school-aged children.
Tinea capitis is the scalp fungal infection that most often affects early school children. It rarely affects neonates and adults. The presentation of fungal ball in the setting of tinea capitis is extremely rare. Herein, we describe a 7-month-old girl with a fungal ball associated with tinea capitis with a scalp mass adjacent to the scalp dermatophytosis. To our knowledge, this is the first case of fungal ball in a healthy infant with tinea capitis.
婴儿头癣合并真菌团块的表现极为罕见。有或无脓肿形成的头癣在婴儿中容易被误诊，应被视为婴幼儿及学龄儿童炎症性脱发的鉴别诊断之一。
头癣是最常影响学龄儿童早期的头皮真菌感染。它很少影响新生儿和成年人。头癣合并真菌球的表现极为罕见。在此，我们描述了一名7个月大的女孩，其头癣合并真菌球，头皮有一个与头皮皮肤癣菌病相邻的肿块。据我们所知，这是健康婴儿头癣合并真菌球的首例病例。
