Diffuse Papular Eruption of the Face and Eyelids

Skinmed. 2017 Aug 1;15(4):291-292. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

A 68-year-old Caucasian woman presented with a 1-month history of a facial and neck eruption (Figure 1A). Her face was covered with 3-mm monomorphic, pink, shiny, papules and rare pustules on an erythematous background. The eruption extended down the neck, her conjunctivae were injected, and her lid margins were inflamed. She had no history of rosacea.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antiparasitic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Eyelid Diseases / parasitology*
  • Facial Dermatoses / parasitology*
  • Facial Dermatoses / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insecticides / therapeutic use
  • Ivermectin / therapeutic use
  • Mite Infestations / complications*
  • Mite Infestations / diagnosis*
  • Mite Infestations / drug therapy
  • Mite Infestations / pathology
  • Neck
  • Permethrin / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antiparasitic Agents
  • Insecticides
  • Permethrin
  • Ivermectin