SCABIES PRESENTING AS A NECROTIZING VASCULITIS IN THE PRESENCE OF LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT

Authors
JARRETT P SNOW J
Citation
P. Jarrett et J. Snow, SCABIES PRESENTING AS A NECROTIZING VASCULITIS IN THE PRESENCE OF LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT, British journal of dermatology, 139(4), 1998, pp. 701-703
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
British journal of dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070963
Volume
139
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
701 - 703
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0963(1998)139:4<701:SPAANV>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A 75-year-old man presented with a progressive eruption of 6 weeks' du ration. Purpura and focal areas of cutaneous infarction were present o n the legs. There were scabies burrows on the wrists and hands, and a mite was extracted. Histology of a skin biopsy showed a necrotizing le ucocytoclastic vasculitis. Circulating lupus anticoagulant was detecte d. Treatment consisted of topical 5% permethrin cream and systemic ste roids.