title: Dermoscopy of tick bite.
abstract: A 54-year-old woman presented with a 12-h history of the appearance of numerous, intensively pruritic, erythematous papules on her trunk. Dermoscopy showed the presence of small-sized ticks in the majority of lesions. By using medium-tipped, angled forceps, 28 ticks were finally removed. The application of dermoscopy to detect the tick in the lesion is easy, inexpensive, and effective for confirming the diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Veterans Administration Hospital (NIMTS), Athens, Greece. efrall@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Efstathios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rallis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013987:Ticks