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3 October 2024
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2024.10115

Face scabies in the elderly: when dermoscopy can be a game changer

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Scabies, dermoscopy, elderly, head, scalp
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Andrea Corio
andrea.corio.fe@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7296-4583
Dermatology Clinic, Maggiore Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy.
Enrico Zelin
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9276-3627
Institute of Dermatology, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Vanessa Mazzoletti
Institute of Dermatology, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy.
Benedetta Sonego
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6892-1445
Dermatology Clinic, Maggiore Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy.
Camilla Brunello
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7742-3837
Dermatology Clinic, Maggiore Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy.
Nicola di Meo
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5987-1375
Dermatology Clinic, Maggiore Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy.
Iris Zalaudek
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7878-4955
Dermatology Clinic, Maggiore Hospital, University of Trieste, Italy.

Dear Editor,

Scabies is a common pruritic ectoparasitic infestation of the skin caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. It classically presents as an intensely pruritic eruption that usually involves hands and interdigital folds, wrists, axillae, areolae, abdomen, and genitalia. In immunocompetent adults, mite infestation affecting the face is considered exceptional; accordingly, if topical treatment is chosen, clinicians typically instruct patients to apply the product to the body, excluding the head area. [...]

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Face scabies in the elderly: when dermoscopy can be a game changer. (2024). Dermatology Reports, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2024.10115
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