Topical steroid induced chronic demodicidosis.
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| ID: sea-40813
ABSTRACT
We report a 39-year-old female patient who developed pruritic erythematous telangiectatic patches with scaly follicular papules on the neck and upper chest for 4 years. Ten per cent potassium hydroxide preparation of skin scrapings revealed Demodex folliculorum. Histology showed three Demodex mites in one of the hair follicles. She was treated with a topical steroid without improvement. The skin lesions and Demodex mite disappeared after a single application of 1 per cent gamma benzene hexachloride but twice daily application of 1 per cent gamma benzene hexachloride for 2 weeks was needed to prevent recurrence.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Hexachlorocyclohexane
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Female
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Humans
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Triamcinolone Acetonide
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Administration, Topical
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Adult
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Mite Infestations
Language:
English
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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