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Tinea faciei mimicking cutaneous lupus erythematosus: a histopathologic case report
Simin Meymandi1, Marni C Wiseman, Richard I Crawford
1Division of Dermatology and Department of Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|February 13, 2003
Abstract:
Tinea faciei is an uncommon dermatophyte infection. Clinically, it may resemble other dermatoses such as cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), polymorphous light eruption, and contact dermatitis. Histopathology is highly variable, demonstrating a spectrum from mild focal spongiosis to a chronic spongiotic psoriasiform dermatitis with a mixed dermal inflammatory infiltrate and fungi in the cornified layer. We report a case of tinea faciei with histopathology that is characteristic of CLE.