Dermoscopy features for the diagnosis of furuncular myiasis Características dermatoscópicas para diagnosticar miíase furunculóide

• Main Authors: Leonardo Spagnol Abraham (Author), Luna Azulay-Abulafia (Author), Danielle de Paula Aguiar (Author), Fernanda Torres (Author), Giuseppe Argenziano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We describe a 56-year-old Brazilian woman presenting three nodular lesions on the scalp. Dermoscopy of all lesions showed a creamy-white body with central bird's feet-like structures surrounded by a thorn crown, corresponding to the posterior segment of the Dermatobia hominis larvae. These nove...