Abstract:Dear Editor, We read with great interest the clinical case by Di Cristo et al. 1 reporting tinea nigra on the right palm of a 4-year-old white girl. In the clinical case, traditional diagnostic laboratory methods including microscopic examination of scraping and fungal culture were not performed, and tinea nigra was diagnosed by dermoscopy alone. We agree with the pragmatic approach adopted by the authors and herein we would like to highlight the diagnostic potential of an additional non-invasive imaging tool,… Show more
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