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Rapid diagnosis of tinea incognito using handheld reflectance confocal microscopy: a paradigm shift in dermatology?
Author(s) -
NavarreteDechent Cristián,
Bajaj Shirin,
Marghoob Ashfaq A.,
Marchetti Michael A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/myc.12333
Subject(s) - microscopy , confocal microscopy , medicine , dermatology , confocal , pathology , optics , physics
Summary Dermatophytoses are common skin infections. Traditional diagnostic tests such as skin scrapings for light microscopy examination, fungal cultures and biopsies remain imperfect due to false‐negative test results, cost, time required to perform the procedure, time delays in test results and/or a requirement for an invasive procedure. Herein, we present a case of an 80‐year‐old female whose tinea incognito was non‐invasively diagnosed within seconds using handheld reflectance confocal microscopy ( RCM ). As non‐invasive skin imaging continues to improve, we expect light‐based office microscopy to be replaced with technologies such as RCM , which has multiple and continually expanding diagnostic applications.