Scabies, Burrow - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

scabies burrow

Body Site

buttock

Age

10 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric generalized, disseminated

Comments

This 10-year-old boy developed an intensely pruritic eruption comprised of widely disseminated linear red papules, pustules, excoriations and crusts. The rest of the family was also itching and had similar lesions. The boy was treated with oral cephalexin 250 mg tid, hydroxyzine 10mg qhs and a single application of 5 percent permethrin. The other family members were also treated for scabies.

Description

multiple, symmetric, linear red papules, pustules, and crusts

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6/1/2003 0:09:58

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