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Case Reports
. 2024 Mar 4:104:adv33016.
doi: 10.2340/actadv.v104.33016.

Trident-shaped Dermatitis in a Child

Céline Raso  1 , Haude Cogo  2 , Camille Bréhin  3 , Isabelle Claudet  4
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Case Reports

Trident-shaped Dermatitis in a Child

Céline Raso et al. Acta Derm Venereol. .
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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

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Fig. 1
Erythema associated with 3 inflammatory tracks in a 3-year-old girl.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Photograph showing indirect proof (holes) of the presence of the wood-boring beetle (Anobium punctatum) in the old wooden floor of the child’s bedroom.
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