[Demodex in a needle puncture of the skin of the cheekbone area. Report of a case and short description of the parasite].
A fine-needle aspiration performed in the cheekbone area of a 59-years old man detected Demodex mites. It is a fortuitous discovery in this patient with rosacea and maxillary sinusitis, which permitted to identify and describe this parasite rarely found in cytological smears.
Mihaescu
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Division de Cytologie de I'Institut Universitaire de Pathologie de Lausanne, 25, rue du Bugnon, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse.
Weber-Chappuis
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D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002610:Cheek; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008925:Mites / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012393:Rosacea / Q000469:parasitology*; D012867:Skin / Q000469:parasitology*