Tungiasis under dermoscopy: in vivo and ex vivo examination of the cutaneous infestation due to Tunga penetrans

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Paulo Ricardo Criado (مؤلف), Gilles Landman (مؤلف), Vitor Manoel Silva dos Reis (مؤلف), Walter Belda Junior (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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The female flea Tunga penetrans is responsible for a cutaneous parasitosis known as Tungiasis. We report the clinical case of a 12 year-old Caucasian boy who sought treatment in a dermatological private office due to a painful lesion in the plantar area and whose dermoscopic examination, without ski...