TINEA VERSICOLOR INVOLVING THE SCALP

The favorite location of pityriasis versicolor is the upper part of the trunk. However, the disease may begin in or spread to other parts of the skin. Thus, its location in the follicular orifices has been recorded by McEwen,¹ Aleixo² and Perin and Langlois³; in the plantar region, by Smith⁴; in the palmar region, by Gottheil⁵; on the nails, by Campana⁶; on the dorsa of the hands and forearms, by Orsini⁷; in the inguinal and inguinocrural regions, by Perin and Langlois³ and Moore⁸; on the internal surfaces of the thighs, by Aleixo⁹; on the female breast, by Rietman¹⁰; on the face, by Biart,¹¹ Smith,¹² Gottheil,¹³ Allen,¹⁴ Sidlick and Corson,¹⁵ Besnier,¹⁶ Payne,¹⁷ Arton,¹⁸ Dubreuilh¹⁹ and Aleixo²; in the folds of the joints, by Gougerot, Blum and Duché,²⁰ and in