title: Norwegian scabies mimicking rupioid psoriasis.
abstract: Norwegian scabies is a highly contagious skin infestation caused by an ectoparasite, Scarcoptes scabiei var. Hominis, which mainly affects immunosuppressed individuals. Clinically, it may simulate various dermatoses such as psoriasis, Darier's disease, seborrheic dermatitis, among others. This is a case report of a 33-year-old woman, immunocompetent, diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (cancer phobia), who had erythematous, well-defined plaques, covered with rupioid crusts, on her neck, axillary folds, breast, periumbilical region, groin area, besides upper back and elbows, mimicking an extremely rare variant of psoriasis, denominated rupioid psoriasis.
authors.affiliation: Teaching Hospital Onofre Lopes - Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (Hospital Universitário Onofre Lopes - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - HUOL-UFRN) - Natal (RN), Brazil. ju_bastos@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Juliana Bastos
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Virna Lygia Lobo
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Rocha de Sousa
authors.forename: Pedro Bezerra
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: da Trindade Neto
authors.forename: Thomás de Aquino
authors.initials: Tde A
authors.lastname: Paulo Filho
authors.forename: Virgínia Célia Dias Florêncio
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: Patrícia Moura Rossiter
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012532:Scabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index