Phthirus Pubis Crawling Along the Palpebral Margin

A 7-year-old boy was misdiagnosed as having contact dermatitis due to itching and redness of the eyelids. Later, with the assistance of a slit lamp, active pubic lice on the eyelid margin were discovered. Microorganisms and insect eggs were mechanically removed, and itching and redness symptoms comp...

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Published inJournal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. e13 - e15
Main Authors Lin, Jiateng, Li, Shangming, Lv, Gang, Si, Shancheng
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Slack, Inc 01.03.2024
SLACK INCORPORATED
Subjects
Animals
Child
Child sexual abuse
Dermatitis
Dermatology
Diagnosis
Eggs
Eye diseases
Eyelashes
Hepatitis
Hospitals
Humans
Lice
Lice Infestations - diagnosis
Male
Medical personnel
Microorganisms
Pedophilia
Permethrin
Phthirus
Pruritus
Sex crimes
Sexual abuse
Skin
Beijing China
China
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Summary:A 7-year-old boy was misdiagnosed as having contact dermatitis due to itching and redness of the eyelids. Later, with the assistance of a slit lamp, active pubic lice on the eyelid margin were discovered. Microorganisms and insect eggs were mechanically removed, and itching and redness symptoms complete disappeared after 1 week. .
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ISSN:0191-3913
1938-2405
DOI:10.3928/01913913-20240124-03