TINEA NIGRA PALMARIS - DIFFERENTIATION FROM MALIGNANT-MELANOMA OR JUNCTIONAL NEVI

Authors
HALL J PERRY VE
Citation
J. Hall et Ve. Perry, TINEA NIGRA PALMARIS - DIFFERENTIATION FROM MALIGNANT-MELANOMA OR JUNCTIONAL NEVI, Cutis, 62(1), 1998, pp. 45-46
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Cutis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114162
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
45 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4162(1998)62:1<45:TNP-DF>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Tinea nigra usually presents as a brown to black macule on the palmar or plantar skin and is sometimes misdiagnosed as a malignant melanoma or as a junctional nevus, prompting unnecessary surgical procedures an d anguish for the patient. Superficial scraping of the skin for micros copic inspection with potassium hydroxide reveals pigmented hyphae, ea sily confirming the diagnosis of tinea nigra.