Sexually Transmitted Psoriasis-like Kerion of the Pubis and Vulva

Fungal infections of the pubis and vulva may be divided into 2 different clinical presentations: tinea pubis and kerion (1–21). Tinea pubis, also named pubic tinea (4), tinea genitalis (11, 13, 19), tinea in the genital area (13), and pubogenital tinea (13, 18, 19), is characterized clinically by roundish lesions, with well-defined, erythematous, vesicular borders and an inner area with mild erythema, scales and crusts. Kerion, or kerion celsi, also named trichophytic granuloma (1), Majocchi’s granuloma (2, 12, 15), cystic tinea profunda (3), and tinea profunda (3, 5, 12), is characterized by inflammatory, infiltrated plaques, with follicular pustules. A case of sexually transmitted psoriasis-like kerion of the pubis and vulva is reported here.