Diseases

Tinea Favosa

A disease of the scalp that may affect the glabrous skin and the nails and is recognized by the concave sulfur-yellow crusts that form around loose, wiry hairs. Atrophy ensues, leaving a smooth, glossy, thin, paper-white patch. This type of disease is rare in the United States and more frequently seen in the Middle East, Africa, Southeastern Europe, and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. (Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrew's Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p319)

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A disease of the scalp that may affect the glabrous skin and the nails and is recognized by the concave sulfur-yellow crusts that form around loose, wiry hairs. Atrophy ensues, leaving a smooth, glossy, thin, paper-white patch. This type of disease is rare in the United States and more frequently seen in the Middle East, Africa, Southeastern Europe, and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. (Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrew's Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p319)

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  • Favus

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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ringworm of the scalp; caused by Trichophyton schoenleini

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  2. C01w.800w.200w.720w.730w.740w
  3. C17.800w.738.708w.708w
  4. C17.800w.838w.208w.883w.558w.708w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Tinea Favosa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014007. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014007
  2. Tinea Favosa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favus
  3. Tinea Favosa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1348374