DOI: 10.36347/sasjm.2020.v06i01.001

Pages: 1-2

We describe the case of a 72-year-old woman with a history of generalized pruritus associated with a rash evolving over the past year. A skin biopsy was done in favor of pustular psoriasis. The patient was put on dermocorticoids with accentuation of the skin lesions. During hospitalization, a parasitological sample from the hyperkeratotic lesions and inter-digital folds was positive for the Scabei sarcope. The diagnosis of hyperkeratotic scabies was retained. The patient was put on treatment with benzyl benzoate: 3 days/week for 04 weeks. The evolution was marked by a spectacular improvement after 3 weeks of treatment with regression of the skin lesions.