Fungi With Friedman: Recognizing Tinea in Disguise

Sometimes a picture isn't worth a thousand words, Adam Friedman, MD, FAAD, explained in his lecture, "Hang Ten, Not Tinea: An Image-Based Competition to Strengthen Your Management Balance" at the DERM 2025 NP PA CME Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.1 His point was simple: sometimes the diagnosis isn't obvious and you need to dig a little deeper. "Dermatophytoses, which encompass a wide array of clinical cutaneous infections associated with dermatophyte infections, are super common, but are not commonly discussed because they just aren't sexy," Friedman, professor and chair of dermatology and director of translational research at The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, said in an interview with Dermatology Times. Click here to read more.