Surgery of Kerion, a Nightmare for Nondermatologists
Kerion is an inflammatory type of tinea capitis characterized by swelling and alopecia of the scalp, which could be mistaken as bacterial infection. It occurs most frequently in children. We report a 10-year-old child whose kerion was misdiagnosed as bacterial abscess and unnecessarily incised. Late...
| Published in: | Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8825912 |