A Case of Demodicidosis in Early Childhood.
- Author:
Kyung Jae CHUNG
;
Sung Koan CHOI
;
Do Won KIM
;
Soon Bong SUH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Burns;
Hair;
Humans;
Infant;
Leg;
Male;
Mites;
Sebum;
Skin;
Surgery, Plastic
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1988;26(3):410-414
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We herein report a case a demodicidosis, which is extremely rare in early childhood, in a 19 month old boy. He had been admitted to the department of plastic surgery for 20 days because of burn on both legs. During admission, he hadn't had his face washed at all. He was referred to our department due to progressively appearing, multiple, pinhead sized, dry scaling, erythematous papules on the face of 13 days duration. KOH mounts from the scaly papules revealed numerous hair follicule mites. We treated him with topical application of 25% benzoy1 peroxide gel to see complete clearing of the lesions in 32 days. We think that prolonged ret.ention of sebum in the unwashed skin, such as in our case, may predispose to the poliferation of the hair follicule mites.
