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Typical trichoscopic features of tinea capitis are comma hairs and corkscrew hairs. Other commonly observed abnormalities are interrupted, Morse code hairs; block hairs; i-hairs; and zigzag hairs. Tinea capitis favosa does not affect the hair structure significantly. The most characteristic trichoscopic feature of tinea capitis favosa is the presence of large ­amorphous yellow areas and large wax-colored perifollicular areas. Ultraviolet-enhanced trichoscopy, which uses the effect of Wood’s light, increases the diagnostic potential of trichoscopy.

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  1. Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Lidia Rudnicka

  2. Department of Dermatology, CSK MSW, Woloska 137, Warsaw, 02-502, Poland

    Lidia Rudnicka

  3. Department of Dermatology, Venereology, and Allergology, Medical University (University Hospital), Wroclaw, Poland

    Jacek C. Szepietowski

  4. Department of Dermatology, CSK MSW, Warsaw, Poland

    Monika Slowinska, Malgorzata Lukomska & Malgorzata Maj

  5. Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

    Ana Maria Costa Pinheiro

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Rudnicka, L., Szepietowski, J.C., Slowinska, M., Lukomska, M., Maj, M., Pinheiro, A.M.C. (2012). Tinea Capitis. In: Rudnicka, L., Olszewska, M., Rakowska, A. (eds) Atlas of Trichoscopy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4486-1_29

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