Sonographic findings in scabies

Scabies is a cutaneous infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, a small mite that performs its whole life cycle within the epidermis. In this case report, we provide images of the sonographic signs of scabies. We found that the adult mite can be seen as a hyperechoic well-defined ovoid...

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Autores principales: Dominguez-Santas, M., Roustan-Gullon, G., Alfageme-Roldan, F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2022
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Pictorial Essay
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10247923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36028790
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40477-022-00700-4
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description Scabies is a cutaneous infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, a small mite that performs its whole life cycle within the epidermis. In this case report, we provide images of the sonographic signs of scabies. We found that the adult mite can be seen as a hyperechoic well-defined ovoid area within the epidermal layer at the end of the hypoechoic burrow, while the eggs correspond to tiny heteroechoic dots along the burrow. In conclusion, ultrasound may prove useful to differentiate between inhabited vs non-inhabited scabiotic burrows.
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spelling pubmed-102479232023-06-09 Sonographic findings in scabies Dominguez-Santas, M. Roustan-Gullon, G. Alfageme-Roldan, F. J Ultrasound Pictorial Essay Scabies is a cutaneous infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, a small mite that performs its whole life cycle within the epidermis. In this case report, we provide images of the sonographic signs of scabies. We found that the adult mite can be seen as a hyperechoic well-defined ovoid area within the epidermal layer at the end of the hypoechoic burrow, while the eggs correspond to tiny heteroechoic dots along the burrow. In conclusion, ultrasound may prove useful to differentiate between inhabited vs non-inhabited scabiotic burrows. Springer International Publishing 2022-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10247923/ /pubmed/36028790 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40477-022-00700-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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