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Anales de Otorrinolaringología Mexicana

2021, Number 2

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Otorrinolaringología 2021; 66 (2)

Perichondritis as complication of scabies

Oleksandr B, Morales-Angulo C

Language: Spanish
References: 16
Page: 158-161
PDF size: 189.49 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: Perichondritis is an ear perichondrium inflammation caused by superinfection of hematoma, piercing, surgery, or infectious diseases. Since we have not found any previously published case, a case of perichondritis of the pinna is described in the context of a Sarcoptes scabiei infestation.
Clinical case: A 4-year-old male patient presented with edema, erythema and pain of the ear, accompanied by generalized itching. Physical examination revealed papular lesions with excoriation features in both ears, abdomen, chest and wrists. Based on the family history and the pinna skin lesions characters, a diagnosis of perichondritis secondary to scabies was established. The patient showed a good response to the treatment of the perichondritis with amoxicillin-clavulanic acid and relieve of the skin lesions with permethrin.
Conclusions: Secondary to scabies pinna lesions are very rare. Their superinfection probably caused by the skin flora can lead to perichondritis of the pinna.


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