Tinea corporis
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| B35.4 | Tinea corporis |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Tinea corporis (syn. Ringworm ) is a dermatophytosis of the trunk and extremities (excluding feet, hands and groin). In principle, all human pathogens dermatophytes can be considered as pathogens. In children, zoophilic dermatophytes are the main triggers, and geophilic pathogens are also increasingly common in gardeners. There are two special forms of tinea corporis: In wrestlers the tinea corporis gladiatorum ( mat fire , "ring's mushroom"), in tropical areas the tinea imbricata . The tinea faciei concerns the hairless portions of the face , which essentially behaves just like the tinea corporis .
The fungal disease usually shows up as a reddening of the edges with flaking and itching on hairless skin areas, pustules can also appear on the edge . It is particularly important here that zoophilic pathogens can cause pronounced inflammation, which is also quickly fought by the immune system ; Anthropophilic pathogens, on the other hand, are responsible for chronic lesions. Frequent pathogens in the zoophilic pathogens are mainly M. canis , Trichophyton mentagrophytes and Trichophyton verrucosum , in the anthropophilic Trichophyton rubrum and Epidermophyton floccosum , in the geophilic Microsporum gypseum .
Treatment is usually done locally with antifungal agents .
Tinea corporis
Tinea corporis on the arm
Tinea faciei
literature
- Otto Braun-Falco , Gerd Plewig , Helmut H. Wolff, Walter HC Burgdorf, Michael Landthaler: Dermatology and Venereology. 5th edition. Springer, Berlin et al. 2005, ISBN 3-540-40525-9 , pp. 186-193.
