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Diagnosis: Tinea capitis
Description: Black-dot pattern of tinea capitis.
Morphology: Hair loss localised
Site: Scalp
Sex: F
Age: 7
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Nameer Al-Sudany
Differential DiagnosisHistory:
A 7-year-old girl presented with localised hair loss confined to the frontal area of the scalp of three months duration. The lost hairs seemed to be cut at the scalp surface leaving black stubs of hair emerging from follicular papules. Direct examination of the hairs from the periphery of the alopecic patch yeilded fungal hyphae and spores.