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An 82-year-old female was seen in a nursing home for a widespread rash on the abdomen, lower extremities, groin folds, and buttocks. The rash began 2 months ago and was extremely itchy, especially at night time. She had no previous history of any skin conditions.
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Xie, DL., Nguyen, T.H., Norman, R.A. (2020). Case 3: Skin Lesions of Trunk and Extremities, Clinical R/O Scabies. In: Xie, DL. (eds) Clinical Cases in Dermatopathology. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28807-5_3
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