RT Book, Section
A1 Usatine, Richard P.
A1 Chan, Melissa M.
A2 Usatine, Richard P.
A2 Sabella, Camille
A2 Smith, Mindy Ann
A2 Mayeaux, E.J.
A2 Chumley, Heidi S.
A2 Appachi, Elumalai
SR Print(0)
ID 1114875660
T1 Tinea Versicolor
T2 The Color Atlas of Pediatrics
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176701-9
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114875660
RD 2024/04/19
AB A  young  boy  is  brought  to  the  office  by  his  parents  with  a  2-year  history  of  his  skin  turning  white  on  his  trunk  (Figure  126-1).  The  boy  denies  any  symptoms.  His  parents  are  afraid  that  he  has  the  same  thing  that  Michael  Jackson  had  (vitiligo).  The  clinician  does  a  KOH  preparation  of  the  white  skin  and  finds  the  spaghetti  and  meatball  pattern  of  Malassezia  furfur  under  the  microscope  (Figure  126-2).  His  parents  are  relieved  to  receive  a  prescription  for  the  tinea  versicolor  and  to  find  out  that  it  is  rarely  spread  to  others  through  contact.