Dermatoscopy in Diagnosis of Cutaneous Myiasis Arising in Pemphigus Vulgaris Lesions

Myiasis, infestation of live human and vertebrate animals by larvae, can complicate ulcers and open wounds. Although myiasis occurs in neglected erosions of pemphigus, such a complication is not documented in the literature. Herein, we report a case of myiasis complicating pemphigus vulgaris and des...

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Autores principales: Vinay, Keshavamurthy, Handa, Sanjeev, Khurana, Sumeeta, Agrawal, Sonu, De, Dipankar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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E-IJD Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5527736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794566
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_354_16
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author Vinay, Keshavamurthy
Handa, Sanjeev
Khurana, Sumeeta
Agrawal, Sonu
De, Dipankar
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description Myiasis, infestation of live human and vertebrate animals by larvae, can complicate ulcers and open wounds. Although myiasis occurs in neglected erosions of pemphigus, such a complication is not documented in the literature. Herein, we report a case of myiasis complicating pemphigus vulgaris and describe its dermatoscopic features.
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spelling pubmed-55277362017-08-09 Dermatoscopy in Diagnosis of Cutaneous Myiasis Arising in Pemphigus Vulgaris Lesions Vinay, Keshavamurthy Handa, Sanjeev Khurana, Sumeeta Agrawal, Sonu De, Dipankar Indian J Dermatol E-IJD Case Report Myiasis, infestation of live human and vertebrate animals by larvae, can complicate ulcers and open wounds. Although myiasis occurs in neglected erosions of pemphigus, such a complication is not documented in the literature. Herein, we report a case of myiasis complicating pemphigus vulgaris and describe its dermatoscopic features. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5527736/ /pubmed/28794566 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_354_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle E-IJD Case Report
Vinay, Keshavamurthy
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Khurana, Sumeeta
Agrawal, Sonu
De, Dipankar
Dermatoscopy in Diagnosis of Cutaneous Myiasis Arising in Pemphigus Vulgaris Lesions
title Dermatoscopy in Diagnosis of Cutaneous Myiasis Arising in Pemphigus Vulgaris Lesions
title_full Dermatoscopy in Diagnosis of Cutaneous Myiasis Arising in Pemphigus Vulgaris Lesions
title_fullStr Dermatoscopy in Diagnosis of Cutaneous Myiasis Arising in Pemphigus Vulgaris Lesions
title_full_unstemmed Dermatoscopy in Diagnosis of Cutaneous Myiasis Arising in Pemphigus Vulgaris Lesions
title_short Dermatoscopy in Diagnosis of Cutaneous Myiasis Arising in Pemphigus Vulgaris Lesions
title_sort dermatoscopy in diagnosis of cutaneous myiasis arising in pemphigus vulgaris lesions
topic E-IJD Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5527736/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794566
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijd.IJD_354_16
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