History:

This young lady had a month's history of an expanding scaly area on her cheek.She had used a topical steroid cream and a topical antifungal preparation without effect.Scrapings grew Trichophyton mentagrophytes.It was likely she had acquired it from her friend's guinea pig.The topical steroid would have encouraged the lesion to spread.Lamasil is a fungicidal topical cream and would have been the best topical to use.She responded to oral griseofulvin 125mgs BD.

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