Diagnosis: Scabies
Description: Ulnar surface showing small linear burrows of the scabies mite
Morphology: Excoriation
Site: Hand,palm
Sex: M
Age: 32
Type: Clinical
Submitted By: Ian McColl
Differential DiagnosisHistory: This patient had been misdiagnosed for some months.He had multiple burrows on his hands especially in the web spaces and on the ulnar side of the wrist.He also had typical lesions on his penis.The whole family have to be treated in these circumstances.Permethrin cream on two occasions from the neck down all over were used with effect although the genital nodules typically take longer to settle.