Occasionally a patient with scabies will develop a bullous-pemphigoid-like (?pemphigoidoid) eruption.
Clinical features:
(1) The patient develops a bullous eruption.
(2) The patient may have other skin lesions consistent with scabies.
(3) A skin biopsy show histological and immunofluorescent features of bullous pemphigoid.
(4) Skin scraping show evidence of mites.
(5) The skin eruption resolves after appropriate therapy for scabies.
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Dermatology
