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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | nit_remover_1_050605 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | LICE, HEAD / NIT REMOVER | Category: | demonstration / treatment | ||
| Body Site: | hair | Age: | 0 | ||
| Contributor: | Sugathan Paramoo, MD, FRCP(Glasg) | ||||
| Description: | simple wooden nit remover | ||||
| Comments: | This wooden comb is used to remove nits from infested individuals. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, 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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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | louse_1_020709 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | LICE, HEAD | Category: | infections and infestations | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 0 | ||
| Contributor: | Kim Hiatt, MD | ||||
| Description: | adult female head louse | ||||
| Comments: | Note that the exoskeleton ends in an invaginated V shape. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | lice_1_020330 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | LICE, HEAD / ABSCESS | Category: | infections and infestations | ||
| Body Site: | scalp / ear neck | Age: | 12 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD | ||||
| Description: | nits in scalp, excoriated papules on ear, and 3 cm tender nodule on neck | ||||
| Comments: | A healthy 12 year old girl with head lice developed a posterior cervical lymphadenitis. Note the nits in her hair and the excoriated papules on her ear. She was treated successfully with oral antibiotics and incision and drainage of the abscess. | ||||
 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | louse_1_010731 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | LICE, HEAD / PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS | Category: | infections and infestations / papulosquamous eruptions | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 10 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | excoriated crusts and live crawlers | ||||
| Comments: | Live crawlers are seen scampering across the scalp where she has been itching for weeks. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | louse_4_010727 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | LICE, HEAD / PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS | Category: | infections and infestations / demonstration | ||
| Body Site: | Age: | 10 years | |||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | immature first and second instar stage Pediculus capitis | ||||
| Comments: | These organisms were combed from the hair of the 10 year old girl shown in louse_3_010727. Note the smallest first instar stage on the far left, and the larger second and third stage instar organisms. A nit (top right) is beginning to hatch. | ||||
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 © 2001-2009, DermAtlas | Image Name: | louse_3_010727 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS / LICE, HEAD | Category: | infections and infestations | ||
| Body Site: | scalp | Age: | 10 years | ||
| Contributor: | Bernard Cohen, MD | ||||
| Description: | nits on hair shafts and fecal material on the skin above the ear | ||||
| Comments: | A 10 year old girl complained of scalp pruritus for several weeks. Nits were visible on hairs above the ear. Note the brown scaly fecal material on the skin below the hair line. | ||||
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