Tinea Capitis With Infection of the Eyelashes

Few cases of tinea ciliorum have been reported in the literature. Sequeira1wrote: "Tinea of the eyelashes is exceedingly rare. I have not met with a case." Sabouraud reported that it is rare in France and less rare in Italy. Weidman2also stated that the eyelid is not a common region to be affected by ringworm. Arijewitsch,3Davidson and Gregory,4Coutela and Offret,5McCarthy6and others7have reported cases of fungous infection of the eyelashes. In the case reported by Davidson and Gregory Trichophyton album was isolated. In Arijewitsch's case Microsporum lanosum was found. In the case of Coutela and Offret Trichophyton asteroides was the responsible organism. In McCarthy's case Trichophyton granulosum was the cause. Of 560 cases of tinea capitis (with organisms found on culture) at the Skin and Cancer Unit of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital between January