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tinea favosa (DOID:4336)
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Synonyms: favus
Alt IDs: DOID:0050109, ICD10CM:B35, MESH:D014007, NCI:C35072, UMLS_CUI:C0040254
Definition: A tinea capitis that results_in fungal infection located_in scalp, located_in glabrous skin or located_in nail, has_material_basis_in Ascomycota fungi that belong to a group called dermatophytes and results_in_formation_of scutula, yellowish cup-shaped crusts of dense masses of mycelium and epithelial debris, which develop at the surface of a hair follicle with the shaft in the center of the raised lesion. Removal of these crusts reveals an oozing, moist, red base. Later, atrophy of the skin occurs leaving a cicatricial alopecia and scarring.

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