title: Psoriasis or crusted scabies.
abstract: We describe a case of a 67-year-old woman with a 1-year history of nail thickening and a non-itchy erythematous scaly eruption on the fingertips. She was diagnosed with psoriasis and started on methotrexate after having had no response to topical calcipotriol. The diagnosis was reviewed after it was revealed by another consultant that the patient's husband had been attending dermatology clinics for several years with chronic pruritus, which had been repeatedly thought to be due to scabies. Our patient was found to have crusted scabies after a positive skin scraping showed numerous mites. She was treated with topical permethrin, keratolytics and oral ivermectin. We also review the literature on crusted scabies and its management, with recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK. madhunil11@aol.com
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014009:Onychomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012532:Scabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000635:transmission; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D007559:Ivermectin