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Renato M. Bakos, MD, MSc; Lucio Bakos, MD, PhD

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Dermoscopy is used primarily as an important tool for the differential diagnosis of pigmented lesions. Its usefulness in the diagnosis and monitoring of some parasitic diseases such as scabies, tungiasis, and pediculosis has also been described.^1-3 We would like to report the contribution of dermoscopy for the diagnosis of furuncular myiasis, a very common infestation by Dermatobia hominis in Central and South America and not infrequently present in travelers returning from endemic areas.⁴

Report of a Case

A 54-year-old white woman was seen with a 2-week history of a painful inflammatory nodule on the inner aspect of her right leg. She vaguely remembered having been bitten in that area by a "bug." After 1 week of oral antibiotic treatment prescribed to relieve the surrounding inflammatory reaction, a poorly delimited nodule was observed, with a small pore on top from which a serosanguineous fluid exuded. Dermoscopy . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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