Scabies escaping detection until dermoscopy was applied

Dermoscopy is already considered a fairly established method for diagnosing scabies. This is because dermoscopy enables the visualisation both of the burrow and the mite itself, forming the so-called "jet with a contrail" structure. In the present report we present an extraordinary case of...

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Main Authors: Aimilios Lallas (Author), Zoe Apalla (Author), Elizabeth Lazaridou (Author), Elena Sotiriou (Author), Efstratios Vakirlis (Author), Dimitrios Ioannides (Author)
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Published: Mattioli1885, 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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