Scabies, Burrow - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

scabies burrow

Body Site

foot

Age

10 months

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 10-month-old girl developed an intensely pruritic eruption comprised of widely disseminated linear red papules, pustules and excoriations. Her palms and soles were also affected.The rest of the family was also itching and had similar lesions. The child was treated with oral cephalexin 125 mg tid for seven days and a single application of 5 percent permethrin. The other family members were also treated for scabies.

Description

generalized, symmetric, linear red papules and pustules

Image Added

2/20/2004 6:14:04

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