title: Scabies masquerading as Letterer-Siwe's disease.
abstract: Letterer-Siwe's disease was diagnosed from clinical appearance and initial assessment of a skin biopsy in a child with a 2-month history of skin rash. Fine erythematous papules were scattered on the trunk. The biopsy showed epidermal thickening and an inflammatory infiltrate chiefly in the upper layers of the dermis; deeper in the dermis the infiltrate was perivascular and periappendicular, histiocytes predominating in some areas and lymphocytes in others. A diagnosis of scabies was made after burrows were demonstrated on palms and soles and the mite of scabies was isolated from them.
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008925:Mites / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012532:Scabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology