title: Dermoscopy as an auxiliary method in the diagnosis of social wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) stings.
abstract: We describe the case of a 32-year-old male patient that sought medical treatment complaining of severe pain in his second and third right-hand fingers. The symptoms had started two hours before. The hypotheses of spider bite, scorpion or insect sting and injury caused by a foreign body were considered in the differential diagnoses. On dermoscopy, two foreign bodies were identified on his skin. After extraction, we concluded that they were wasp stingers.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologist - Private Clinic - Ituiutaba (MG), Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Gustavo Martins da
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro, Prof. Rubem David Azulay Institute of Dermatology, Rio de JaneiroRJ, Brazil, Post-graduate student of Dermatology, Prof. Rubem David Azulay Institute of Dermatology - Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro (IDPRDA-SCMRJ) and Postgraduate Medical School at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (EMPG/PUC-RJ) - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bernardes Filho
authors.affiliation: Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro, Prof. Rubem David Azulay Institute of Dermatology, Rio de JaneiroRJ, Brazil, Post-graduate student of Dermatology, Prof. Rubem David Azulay Institute of Dermatology - Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro (IDPRDA-SCMRJ) and Postgraduate Medical School at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (EMPG/PUC-RJ) - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Victória
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Quaresma
authors.affiliation: Hospital Municipal da Piedade, Rio de JaneiroRJ, Brazil, Internal Medicine Residency, Hospital Municipal da Piedade - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
authors.forename: Elaine de Souza Pinto
authors.initials: Ede S
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.affiliation: Hospital Municipal da Piedade, Rio de JaneiroRJ, Brazil, Internal Medicine Residency, Hospital Municipal da Piedade - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
authors.forename: Andresa de Oliveira
authors.initials: Ade O
authors.lastname: Marteloso
authors.affiliation: MD - Private Clinic - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
authors.forename: Natália Ferreira
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Saldanha
authors.affiliation: MD - Private Clinic - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
authors.forename: Grabriela Gonçalves
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Brum
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D046169:Dermoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014863:Wasps