The medical name for ringworm is tinea corporis. Are there other types of tinea infections? There are many different kinds of tinea skin infections, named in Latin for the part of the body they affect ...

Ringworm isn't caused by a worm at all — its name comes from its shape. It typically appears as an itchy, scaly, circular red patch with raised edges and clear center. Ringworm does not have to be ...

This is the same fungus that can cause athlete's foot (tinea pedis), ringworm (tinea corporis), scalp ringworm (tinea capitis ...

It can cause rashes on the body (Tinea corporis), the feet (Tinea pedis), the scalp (Tinea Capitis) or the nails. It sounds as though your daughter may have the rash on her body as it is being ...

tinea corporis, nummular eczema, vitiligo, confluent and reticulated papillomatosis, and progressive macular hypomelanosis. 1,2 This patient was diagnosed clinically with tinea versicolor. Given the ...

Clotrimazole (Lotrimin) is a topical treatment used for tinea corporis (ringworm; fungal skin infection that causes a red scaly rash on different parts of the body), tinea cruris (jock itch; fungal ...

The differential diagnosis includes other annular papulosquamous conditions including granuloma annulare and tinea corporis. Antinuclear antibody (ANA) and Sjogren syndrome antibody-A (SSA) were the ...

Ringworm isn't caused by a worm at all — its name comes from its shape. It typically appears as an itchy, scaly, circular red patch with raised edges and clear center. Ringworm does not have to be ...