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Tinea corporis instigating emergency caesarean delivery

Fangyi Xie1, Kiren Ghag2, Amanda Hill2

  • 1Department of Dermatology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.

Obstetric Medicine
|December 8, 2025
PubMed

Tinea corporis is a common fungal infection of the skin, which can affect women of childbearing age. We present a case of tinea corporis that resulted in an emergency caesarean delivery under general anaesthesia due to difficulties with pain management intrapartum. Epidural anaesthesia was contraindicated due to the location of the rash over the lumbar region. This would have been preventable with early treatment. This case highlights the need to diagnose, investigate and treat skin conditions promptly in pregnancy.

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Pregnancy complicationsinfectiouspuerperal infection

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