title: Photoletter to the editor: An erythematous folliculocentric papular lesion on the chest of a 60-year-old man: What is your diagnosis?
abstract: Folliculitis has many etiologies including bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic. Therefore, an accurate determination of the cause is necessary to direct treatment. This is a case of a 60-year-old man who presented with an erythematous papule on his chest. Biopsy showed granulomatous inflammation, abscess formation, and the causative agent was Demodex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
authors.forename: Tracey
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harbert
authors.forename: Deba P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Sarma