Scabies - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

scabies

Body Site

hand palm wrist

Age

7 weeks

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

linear

Color

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

Comments

A 7 week old infant developed progressive linear papules on his left hand and wrist spreading to his trunk and other extremities over several weeks. His parents were also itchy. A scabies preparation obtained from a burrow on the wrist showed a viable mite, and the entire was treated with 5 percent permethrin cream.

Description

linear crusted scaly papules

Image Added

8/1/2001 19:40:22

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