Difference between revisions of "Scabies"

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(Created page with '*Caused by ''Sarcoptes scabiei'' *Highly contagious *Mainly in pigs, dogs, also horses, cattle, sheep, goats and cats *Intense pruritus due hypersensitivity to mite…')
 
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*Caused by [[Sarcoptes|''Sarcoptes scabiei'']]
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#REDIRECT[[Sarcoptic Mange]]
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*Highly contagious
 
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*Mainly in pigs, dogs, also horses, cattle, sheep, goats and cats
 
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*Intense pruritus due hypersensitivity to mites borrowing through stratum corneum
 
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*Usually starts with external pinnae -> head -> neck -> generalised
 
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*Grossly:
 
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**Erythematous [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|macules, papules, crusts]]
 
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**If chronic -> [[Skin Glossary - Pathology|lichenified]], hairless
 
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*Microscopically:
 
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**Hyperplastic, spongiotic, superficial perivascular dermatitis
 
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**Crusting, eosinophil infiltration
 
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**Mites are not commonly seen, but eggs and feces may be found in stratumn corneum
 
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