Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Psoriasis and ringworm (tinea corporis) cause scaly rashes but have different causes and treatments. Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition, while ringworm is a ...

Treatment The recommended topical agents are miconazole, clotrimazole, terbinafine, tolnaftate, naftifine, ciclopirox, ketoconazole, econazole, oxiconazole, butenafine, or sulconazole.

Although griseofulvin remains the recommended therapy, terbinafine, itraconazole [4] and fluconazole [5] have been reported to show efficacy in the treatment of tinea capitis in children.

A case of a tinea favosa involving the scalp of a child represented in the painting "Boys climbing a tree" (Muchachos trepando a un árbol), by Francisco Goya y Lucientes, with pictorial representation ...