title: Ixodiasis disclosed by epiluminescence microscopy without skin contact.
abstract: We describe the case of a 48-year-old healthy man who sought for medical help in our clinic with multiple pruriginous erythematous papules after a 2-day trip to "Serra da Mantiqueira". (Mantiqueira Mountain). A meticulous physical exam with a portable epiluminescence microscopy showed several ticks on a larval form on the skin of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Paulo Ricardo
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Criado
authors.forename: Roberta Fachini Jardim
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Criado
mesh_terms: D046169:Dermoscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000473:pathology*