Coexistence of an unusual form of scabies and lepromatous leprosy. A case report.
A case of unusual crusted (Norwegian) scabies involving the entire skin of a 26 year old Brazilian patient with lepromatous leprosy is reported. The more prominent histopathological findings were acanthosis, hyperkeratosis and crusting with many mites of Sarcoptes scabiei. In the dermis, numerous foamy histiocytes filled with abundant acid-fast bacilli were seen.
Barbosa Júnior
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Ade A
Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz (FIOCRUZ), Salvador, Bahia.
Silva
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TM
Santos
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MI
Garrido
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Mde F
Patel
B N
BN
Cavalcanti
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M
Riccio
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MC
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D006644:Histiocytes; D006801:Humans; D015440:Leprosy, Lepromatous / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009167:Mycobacterium lepraemurium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012520:Sarcoptes scabiei / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012532:Scabies / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology