![]() The presence of certain trichoscopic features allows speedy identifying and differentiating between these entities, especially in certain skin types, it has certain predilection of findings. ![]() ![]() Recently, the dermatoscopic examination of the hair and scalp (trichoscopy) has surfaced on and proven to be a very effective, proficient, and efficient useful tool in the swift diagnosis and screening of some hair disorders for instance, infectious diseases such as TC. Diagnosis can be conducted easily by direct 10%–20% potassium hydroxide examination of tonsured hair, or by isolation of the dermatophyte in Sabouraud agar which would take weeks to reveal and delays diagnosis and initiation of a proper treatment. It can be dry which accounts for majority of the cases (90%) or the acute inflammatory oozing form. Tinea capitis (TC) is a fungal infection of the scalp which is a frequent dermatophytosis of childhood.
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