{"title":"Crusted scabies in an elderly healthy male: a case report","authors":"Aamir Suhail, Panchatsharam Adithyan","doi":"10.4103/jewd.jewd_11_23","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A 70-year-old man with no significant medical history presented with pruritic scaly rash all over body since 2 years. On examination, diffuse crusted plaques were seen over groin, hands, feet, genitals, and buttocks. Potassium hydroxide mount of skin scraping revealed plenty of mites. Diagnosis of crusted scabies was made. The patient and his contacts were treated with oral ivermectin, topical permethrin, and antihistamines.","PeriodicalId":17298,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society","volume":"20 1","pages":"210 - 212"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the Egyptian Women's Dermatologic Society","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jewd.jewd_11_23","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"DERMATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A 70-year-old man with no significant medical history presented with pruritic scaly rash all over body since 2 years. On examination, diffuse crusted plaques were seen over groin, hands, feet, genitals, and buttocks. Potassium hydroxide mount of skin scraping revealed plenty of mites. Diagnosis of crusted scabies was made. The patient and his contacts were treated with oral ivermectin, topical permethrin, and antihistamines.
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The Journal of The Egyptian Women''s Dermatologic Society (JEWDS) was founded by Professor Zenab M.G. El-Gothamy. JEWDS is published three times per year in January, May and September. Original articles, case reports, correspondence and review articles submitted for publication must be original and must not have been published previously or considered for publication elsewhere. Their subject should pertain to dermatology or a related scientific and technical subject within the field of dermatology.
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