Tinea Incognito

Abstract

Fourteen cases are described in which the local application of corticosteroid preparations to ringworm infections of the skin have resulted in unusual clinical pictures. A kerion-like lesion due to Trichophyton rubrum, intertriginous infections simulating candidiasis and due to Epidermophyton floccosum and pictures resembling poilulloderma papular rosacea, and indeterminate leprosy are among the changes that were seen in these patients. © 1968, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.