tinea favosa
MONDO:0005983Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names tinea favosa yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A severe, chronic fungal skin infection, usually of the scalp, characterized by the development of thick, yellow cup-shaped crusts and scarring over hair follicles.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005983), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- ScarringMondoHP:0100699
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: tinea favosa
- Also called
- favus