Catalog

Genitocrural dermatophytosis

1F28.3

Link to WHO Definition

Genitocrural dermatophytosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/350028235

Dermatophyte infection of the inguinocrural folds and adjacent external genitalia (tinea cruris). It presents as erythema and inflammation of affected skin with an advancing scaly edge. It is typically itchy and affects adult men much more commonly than women or children. Dermatophyte infection of the toe clefts commonly co-exists.

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