Norwegian scabies - rare case of atypical manifestation

Human scabies affects all social classes and different races around the world. It is highly contagious, but the exact figures on its prevalence are unknown. A 19-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency room reporting fever (38°C) and multiple lesions throughout the body, except face, sol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ebrahim, Karina Corrêa, Alves, Júlia Barazetti, Tomé, Lísias de Araújo, de Moraes, Carlos Floriano, Gaspar, Arianne Ditzel, Franck, Karin Fernanda, Hussein, Mohamad Ali, da Cruz, Lucas Raiser, Ebrahim, Leonardo Duque, Sidney, Luis Felipe de Oliveira
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193200/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28099611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164811
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Sumario:Human scabies affects all social classes and different races around the world. It is highly contagious, but the exact figures on its prevalence are unknown. A 19-year-old male patient was admitted to the emergency room reporting fever (38°C) and multiple lesions throughout the body, except face, soles, and palms. Lesions were non-pruritic, which hampered the initial diagnostic suspicion. Skin biopsy was performed, and the final diagnosis was crusted scabies (Norwegian). It was concluded that human scabies is a significant epidemic disease, due to its different clinical manifestations, and because it is extremely contagious.

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