Scutulum

A lesion of the scalp caused by the fungus Trichophyton schoenleinii. The lesion appears as a yellow cup-shaped crust consisting of a dense mass of mycelia and epithelial debris. The cup faces up, and its center is pierced by the hair around which it has developed.


Any of the slender, circular, yellowish crusts observed as part of a favus outbreak.


 


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