Surgery of Kerion, a Nightmare for Nondermatologists

Kerion is an inflammatory type of tinea capitis characterized by swelling and alopecia of the scalp, which could be mistaken as bacterial infection. It occurs most frequently in children. We report a 10-year-old child whose kerion was misdiagnosed as bacterial abscess and unnecessarily incised. Late...

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Main Author: Vikash Paudel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8825912
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