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 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | louse_3_020709 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | LICE, HEAD / NIT | Category: | infections and infestations | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 10 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kim Hiatt, MD | ||||
| Description: | viable head louse egg | ||||
| Comments: | This nit was still viable when it was cut from the scalp of a 10 year old girl shortly before she was treated with permethrin lotion. At the time the image was takem, the nit was already dead. The left side of the nit is oriented toward the scalp while the operculum or breathing apparatus at the right end points away from the scalp. Note the intact embryo within the egg. | ||||
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