Scabies masquerading as dermatitis herpetiformis
A. B. Ackerman, R. Stewart and M. Stillman
Scabies can be easily mistaken for dermatitis herpetiformis because the two
conditions have features in common, namely, pruritic papules, vesicles, and
crusted erosions in the sacral and gluteal regions. In five patients with
scabies who were initially judged clinically to have dermatitis
herpetiformis, histological examination was decisive in the eventual
correct diagnosis.
