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Descriptor English: Tinea Favosa
Descriptor Spanish: Tiña Favosa
Descriptor tiña favosa
Entry term(s) favus
tiña ficosa
tiña lupinosa verdadera
Scope note: Afeccción contagiosa del cuero cabelludo, pero que puede extenderse a otras partes del cuerpo, producida por la presencia del hongo Acharion schoenleinii en los folículos pilosos. Se caracteriza por la producción de costras amarillentas, secas, de olor peculiar, aglomeradas en forma de panal de miel. La afección causa alopecia definitiva. (Diccionario terminológico de ciencias médicas, Masson, 13a edición)
Descriptor Portuguese: Tinha Favosa
Descriptor French: Teigne favique
Entry term(s): Favus
Tree number(s): C01.150.703.302.720.730.740
C01.800.200.720.730.740
C17.800.738.708.708
C17.800.838.208.883.558.708
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014007
Scope note: A disease of the scalp that may affect the glabrous skin and the nails and is recognized by the concave sulfur-yellow crusts that form around loose, wiry hairs. Atrophy ensues, leaving a smooth, glossy, thin, paper-white patch. This type of disease is rare in the United States and more frequently seen in the Middle East, Africa, Southeastern Europe, and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. (Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrew's Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p319)
Annotation: ringworm of the scalp; caused by Trichophyton schoenleini
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 14393
Unique ID: D014007
NLM Classification: WR 330
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1993/06/03
Tinea Favosa - Preferred
Concept UI M0021565
Scope note A disease of the scalp that may affect the glabrous skin and the nails and is recognized by the concave sulfur-yellow crusts that form around loose, wiry hairs. Atrophy ensues, leaving a smooth, glossy, thin, paper-white patch. This type of disease is rare in the United States and more frequently seen in the Middle East, Africa, Southeastern Europe, and other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. (Arnold, Odom, and James, Andrew's Diseases of the Skin, 8th ed, p319)
Preferred term Tinea Favosa
Entry term(s) Favus



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