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Research Article | Volume 5 Issue 3 (None, 2011) | Pages 56 - 57
Photoletter to the editor: An erythematous folliculocentric papular lesion on the chest of a 60-year-old man: What is your diagnosis?
Tracey Harbert
 ,
Deba P Sarma
Under a Creative Commons license
Open Access
DOI : 10.3315/jdcr.2011.1077
PMID : PMC3184778
Received
April 9, 2011
Published
Sept. 21, 2011
Abstract

Folliculitis has many etiologies including bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic. Therefore, an accurate determination of the cause is necessary to direct treatment. This is a case of a 60-year-old man who presented with an erythematous papule on his chest. Biopsy showed granulomatous inflammation, abscess formation, and the causative agent was Demodex.

Keywords
Demodex
Folliculitis
Histopathology
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