CRUSTED SCABIES IN A PATIENT WITH ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

Autor:	Mamatha P, Nida Nida, Minakshi Barkakoty, Hanumanthayya K, Priya J. Talageri
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Acute lymphocytic leukaemia integumentary system business.industry lcsh:R5-130.5 Crusted scabies medicine.disease Dermatology body regions Acute lymphocytic leukemia parasitic diseases Medicine business lcsh:General works
Zdroj:	Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 2, Iss 26, Pp 3966-3972 (2015)
ISSN:	2349-2570 2349-2562
Popis:	A 17 year s old male patient presented with diffuse, ill defined, hyperpigmented, scaly plaques on the body, for the past 15 days. Lesions were more over the groin and also on both elbows and wrists. Patient is a known case of acute lymphocytic leukaemia, diagnosed a t the age of 13 years and has been on treatment ever since. A KOH ( 10% ) mount of the scales showed the presence of sarcoptes scabiei and skin biopsy with haematoxylin and eosin showed fragments of mite in the excised skin.
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