Dermoscopy as an auxiliary method in the diagnosis of social wasp
(Hymenoptera,Vespidae) stings
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| Authors: | Luiz Gustavo Martins da Silva Fred Bernardes Filho Maria Victória Quaresma Elaine de Souza Pinto Leite Andresa de Oliveira Marteloso Natália Ferreira Saldanha Grabriela Gon?alves Brum |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dermatologist - Private Clinic - Ituiutaba (MG), Brazil. ;2. Post-graduate student of Dermatology, Prof. Rubem David Azulay Institute of Dermatology - Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Rio de Janeiro (IDPRDA-SCMRJ) and Postgraduate Medical School at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (EMPG/PUC-RJ) - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. ;3. Internal Medicine Residency, Hospital Municipal da Piedade - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. ;4. MD - Private Clinic - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil. |
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| Abstract: | We describe the case of a 32-year-old male patient that sought medical treatmentcomplaining of severe pain in his second and third right-hand fingers. The symptomshad started two hours before. The hypotheses of spider bite, scorpion or insect stingand injury caused by a foreign body were considered in the differential diagnoses. Ondermoscopy, two foreign bodies were identified on his skin. After extraction, weconcluded that they were wasp stingers. |
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| Keywords: | Dermoscopy Hemiptera Hymenoptera Insects Insect bites and stings |
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