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  1. J.P.C. Peper

    J.P.C. Peper Bronze Member

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    What's your diagnosis?

    I'll post the correct answer in a day or three!

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    J.P.C. Peper, May 22, 2012
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    kaposi sarcoma???? whats the history?
     

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    I don't normally do this, but I guess one time is OK ;-)

    The patient is immunocompromised, but it's not Kaposi's sarcoma.
     

    J.P.C. Peper, May 23, 2012
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    crusted scabies or norwegian scabies
     

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    Norwegian scabies, also known as crusted scabies.

    It is a more serious variant of the relatively common scabies skin infection. It occurs only in immunocompromised patients and is very hard to treat with topical medication, as the mites are protected under the layers of crusted skin.
     

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