Trichobacteriosis: case report and dermoscopic study

An Bras Dermatol. 2012 Mar-Apr;87(2):315-6. doi: 10.1590/s0365-05962012000200023.

Abstract

The authors report a case of axillary trichobacteriosis in a 16 year-old patient whose complaints were bromhidrosis and hyperhidrosis axillaris. Although it can be diagnosed clinically, dermoscopy may be useful in some cases and reveal remarkable academic images.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Axilla
  • Corynebacterium Infections / diagnosis*
  • Dermoscopy*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Hyperhidrosis / diagnosis*
  • Male