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Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease
Demodicosis is a common parasitic infection of the hair follicles and the pilosebaceous unit by the Demodex mites viz. Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Infection by this parasite is common among immunocompromised and elderly. We report a case of facial Demodicosis which presented like atypic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326184 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2016.6891 |
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author | Vashisht, Deepak Singh, Jatinder Baveja, Sukriti Tiwari, Rohit Bhatnagar, Anuj |
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description | Demodicosis is a common parasitic infection of the hair follicles and the pilosebaceous unit by the Demodex mites viz. Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Infection by this parasite is common among immunocompromised and elderly. We report a case of facial Demodicosis which presented like atypical rosacea with a gradually progressing swelling and redness on right side of face which was initially diagnosed as a case of Hansen’s disease. Skin biopsy revealed follicular dilatation with presence of Demodex mite along with intense perifollicular lymphomononuclear infiltrate. Patient was treated with oral tab Ivermectin 12 mg stat along with topical gel metronidazole twice daily to which he responded favourably. |
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spelling | pubmed-52259692017-03-21 Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease Vashisht, Deepak Singh, Jatinder Baveja, Sukriti Tiwari, Rohit Bhatnagar, Anuj Dermatol Reports Case Report Demodicosis is a common parasitic infection of the hair follicles and the pilosebaceous unit by the Demodex mites viz. Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis. Infection by this parasite is common among immunocompromised and elderly. We report a case of facial Demodicosis which presented like atypical rosacea with a gradually progressing swelling and redness on right side of face which was initially diagnosed as a case of Hansen’s disease. Skin biopsy revealed follicular dilatation with presence of Demodex mite along with intense perifollicular lymphomononuclear infiltrate. Patient was treated with oral tab Ivermectin 12 mg stat along with topical gel metronidazole twice daily to which he responded favourably. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5225969/ /pubmed/28326184 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2016.6891 Text en ©Copyright D. Vashisht et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Vashisht, Deepak Singh, Jatinder Baveja, Sukriti Tiwari, Rohit Bhatnagar, Anuj Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease |
title | Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease |
title_full | Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease |
title_fullStr | Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease |
title_short | Unilateral Demodicidosis of Face Mimicking Hansens Disease |
title_sort | unilateral demodicidosis of face mimicking hansens disease |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28326184 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/dr.2016.6891 |
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