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SUBMITTER: Ran X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4534753 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ran Xin X Zhuang Kaiwen K Ran Yuping Y
Medical mycology case reports 20150726
We report a case of tinea corporis on amputated leg stump caused by Trichophyton rubrum. The patient, a 54-year-old male, experienced a serious traffic accident, resulted his right leg amputated 3 years ago. Since then prosthesis was fitted and protective equipment of silicone stocking was worn for the stump. He consulted with circular, patchy and scaly erythemas with itching on his right below knee amputation stump for 2 months. The diagnoses of tinea corporis on the stump was made based on a p ...[more]