Dermoscopy as an auxiliary method in the diagnosis of social wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) stings

We describe the case of a 32-year-old male patient that sought medical treatment complaining of severe pain in his second and third right-hand fingers. The symptoms had started two hours before. The hypotheses of spider bite, scorpion or insect sting and injury caused by a foreign body were consider...

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Autores principales: da Silva, Luiz Gustavo Martins, Bernardes Filho, Fred, Quaresma, Maria Victória, Leite, Elaine de Souza Pinto, Marteloso, Andresa de Oliveira, Saldanha, Natália Ferreira, Brum, Grabriela Gonçalves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014
Materias:
Imaging In Tropical Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24626666
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142593
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Sumario:We describe the case of a 32-year-old male patient that sought medical treatment complaining of severe pain in his second and third right-hand fingers. The symptoms had started two hours before. The hypotheses of spider bite, scorpion or insect sting and injury caused by a foreign body were considered in the differential diagnoses. On dermoscopy, two foreign bodies were identified on his skin. After extraction, we concluded that they were wasp stingers.

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