Scabies surrepticius: An uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis

We report an atypical presentation of a common disease to highlight the importance of making a correct diagnosis of scabies surrepticius in front of any itchy dermatosis especially in elderly patients. The misdiagnosis of this disease results in extensive infestation, especially with the use of cort...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kouki, Chaima, Korbi, Mouna, Manaa, Linda, Njim, Laila, Mohamed, Mariem, Belhadjali, Hichem, Zili, Jameleddine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9314557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35903509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6099
_version_ 1784754344703295488
author Kouki, Chaima
Korbi, Mouna
Manaa, Linda
Njim, Laila
Mohamed, Mariem
Belhadjali, Hichem
Zili, Jameleddine
author_facet Kouki, Chaima
Korbi, Mouna
Manaa, Linda
Njim, Laila
Mohamed, Mariem
Belhadjali, Hichem
Zili, Jameleddine
author_sort Kouki, Chaima
collection PubMed
description We report an atypical presentation of a common disease to highlight the importance of making a correct diagnosis of scabies surrepticius in front of any itchy dermatosis especially in elderly patients. The misdiagnosis of this disease results in extensive infestation, especially with the use of corticosteroids.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9314557
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-93145572022-07-27 Scabies surrepticius: An uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis Kouki, Chaima Korbi, Mouna Manaa, Linda Njim, Laila Mohamed, Mariem Belhadjali, Hichem Zili, Jameleddine Clin Case Rep Case Report We report an atypical presentation of a common disease to highlight the importance of making a correct diagnosis of scabies surrepticius in front of any itchy dermatosis especially in elderly patients. The misdiagnosis of this disease results in extensive infestation, especially with the use of corticosteroids. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9314557/ /pubmed/35903509 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6099 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Case Report
Kouki, Chaima
Korbi, Mouna
Manaa, Linda
Njim, Laila
Mohamed, Mariem
Belhadjali, Hichem
Zili, Jameleddine
Scabies surrepticius: An uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis
title Scabies surrepticius: An uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis
title_full Scabies surrepticius: An uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis
title_fullStr Scabies surrepticius: An uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis
title_full_unstemmed Scabies surrepticius: An uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis
title_short Scabies surrepticius: An uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis
title_sort scabies surrepticius: an uncommon presentation of a common dermatosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9314557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35903509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6099
work_keys_str_mv AT koukichaima scabiessurrepticiusanuncommonpresentationofacommondermatosis
AT korbimouna scabiessurrepticiusanuncommonpresentationofacommondermatosis
AT manaalinda scabiessurrepticiusanuncommonpresentationofacommondermatosis
AT njimlaila scabiessurrepticiusanuncommonpresentationofacommondermatosis
AT mohamedmariem scabiessurrepticiusanuncommonpresentationofacommondermatosis
AT belhadjalihichem scabiessurrepticiusanuncommonpresentationofacommondermatosis
AT zilijameleddine scabiessurrepticiusanuncommonpresentationofacommondermatosis

Ejemplares similares