Plate 12-Pityriasis versicolor
Item
Title
Plate 12-Pityriasis versicolor
Description
Modern Term: Same or tinea versicolor
The lesions are usually hypopigmented or hyperpigmented with varying degrees of pigmentation, hence the term versicolor. It represents a superficial cutaneous infection due to the yeast Malassezia furfur.
The lesions are usually hypopigmented or hyperpigmented with varying degrees of pigmentation, hence the term versicolor. It represents a superficial cutaneous infection due to the yeast Malassezia furfur.
Date
1860-1884
Subject
Skin--Diseases.
Format
Still image
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1859682
Publisher
New Sydenham Society
Source
Atlas of portraits of diseases of the skin
Rights
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Contributor
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Type
Chromolithographs
