Monthly Archives: September 2016

A strange rash in a girl. Ethiopia/Somali Región.

Clinical cases

9 years old female patient who have had a pruritic rash for three years.

She lives out in the bush and no one else in family has a similar rash. The rash is diffuse on face/neck/back/arms/legs and it shows rough papular patches.

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Some are linear in areas where it looks like she scratches.  The people who sent the case don’t have access to biopsy and they had limited treatment options available.

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