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eISSN: 2084-9893
ISSN: 0033-2526
Dermatology Review/Przegląd Dermatologiczny
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5/2020
vol. 107
 
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Case report

Norwegian scabies in a 82-year-old female patient

Beata Wańczyk-Dręczewska
1
,
Agnieszka B. Owczarczyk-Saczonek
1
,
Waldemar J. Placek
1

  1. Department of Dermatology, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Clinical Immunology, The University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland
Dermatol Rev/Przegl Dermatol 2020, 107, 447-453
Online publish date: 2020/12/29
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Introduction
Scabies is a dermatosis caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, a parasitic mite. The characteristic presentation does not pose diagnostic or therapeutic difficulties. However, the infestation also may have an atypical clinical presentation. Norwegian scabies is a rare, most severe and highly contagious form of the disease.

Objective
This article presents the case of a 82-year-old woman with massive infection with Norwegian scabies. Because of numerous comorbidities and poor general condition the patient required interdisciplinary treatment, both dermatological and internal.

Case report
Due to numerous burdens and poor general condition, the patient required interdisciplinary treatment, both dermatological and internal medicine. During the hospitalization, the patient’s condition improved and her skin lesions dissapeared.

Conclusions
Norwegian scabies is a curable disease, but it is of key importance to recognize and treat it early, which prevents the disease from spreading. The diagnostics may difficult because of the non-specific clinical presentation.

keywords:

Norwegian scabies, scabies, hyperkeratosis



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