Preferred Label : tinea favosa;
MeSH definition : A disease of the scalp that may affect the glabrous skin and the nails and is recognized
by the concave sulfur-yellow crusts that form around loose, wiry hairs. Atrophy ensues,
leaving a smooth, glossy, thin, paper-white patch. This type of disease is rare in
the United States and more frequently seen in the Middle East, Africa, Southeastern
Europe, and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. (Arnold, Odom, and James,
Andrew's Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p319);
MeSH synonym : favus;
MeSH annotation : ringworm of the scalp; caused by Trichophyton schoenleini;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favus;
Origin ID : D014007;
UMLS CUI : C0040254;
Allowable qualifiers
- Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Favus [PASCAL descriptor]
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- DO Cross reference
- Record concept(s)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
A disease of the scalp that may affect the glabrous skin and the nails and is recognized
by the concave sulfur-yellow crusts that form around loose, wiry hairs. Atrophy ensues,
leaving a smooth, glossy, thin, paper-white patch. This type of disease is rare in
the United States and more frequently seen in the Middle East, Africa, Southeastern
Europe, and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. (Arnold, Odom, and James,
Andrew's Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p319)
http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/fr/15958/diagnose.htm
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tinea favosa
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