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. 2023 Feb 23;14(4):543-546.
doi: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_389_22. eCollection 2023 Jul-Aug.

Widespread Polymorphous Pruritic Eruptions: The Neglected Parasitic Imitator

Gowtham Saravanan  1 , Hima Gopinath  2 , Kaliaperumal Karthikeyan  1 , Valeti Meghana  1
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Widespread Polymorphous Pruritic Eruptions: The Neglected Parasitic Imitator

Gowtham Saravanan et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. .
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Figures

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Figure 1
Crusted plaques, papules, excoriations, and serpiginous tracts (arrow)
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Figure 2
Papules, folliculitis, eczematous plaques, excoriations, and serpiginous tracts (arrow)
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Figure 3
(a and b) Erythematous and hyperpigmented papules, plaques, excoriations, serpiginous tracts, (arrow), scrotal papules, nodules, and excoriations
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Figure 4
(a and b) Folliculitis, erythematous papules and plaques, excoriations, eczematous plaques, and serpiginous tracts (arrow)
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Figure 5
Hyperpigmented papules, folliculitis, excoriations, serpiginous tract (arrow)
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Figure 6
Hyperpigmented papules and plaques, excoriations, and serpiginous tracts (arrow)
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