Incidence of Phthiriasis palpebrarum caused by pubic lice Pthirus pubisin Al-Sulaimaniyah province, Kurdistan region, Iraq

Phthiriasis palpebrarum.

To cite: Panos GD, Petropoulos IK, Dardabounis D, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2013009272 DESCRIPTION A 61-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of itching, burning sensation and moderate pain of 3 months duration in her right eye. Her ophthalmologist diagnosed common anterior blepharitis and prescribed a combination of anti...

Phthiriasis palpebrarum: an unusual blepharoconjunctivitis.

Phthiriasis palpebrarum is an unusual cause of blepharoconjunctivitis and may easily be overlooked because of the failure of physicians to recognize Phthirus pubis. We report a case of a 30-year-old woman with persistent itching in the left eyelid which was unsuccessfully treated under the diagnosis of allergic blepharoconjunctivitis. Careful ophthalmic examination revealed seven bugs with mult...

Phthiriasis palpebrarum misdiagnosed as allergic blepharoconjunctivitis in a 6-year-old girl.

Phthiriasis palpebrarum is an infestation of the eyelashes caused by the louse Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus, 1758). We report a case of phthiriasis palpebrarum in a 6-year-old girl, which was initially misdiagnosed as allergic blepharoconjunctivitis. Parasites and their nits were found adhering to the eyelashes and eyelids of her right eye as well as scalp hairs. No abnormality was found in the left...

Leukemia Study in Sulaymaniyah Province, Kurdistan, Iraq

To the Editor: The increased rate of leukemia in several Iraqi cities has been linked to exposure to depleted uranium, which was used during the consequent wars in Iraq from 1990 to 2010.[1‐4] Here, we investigated leukemia occurrence in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate (SG), which has been exposed to wars and crises at the same level as the rest of Iraq.[5] To the best of our knowledge, this study...

A rare cause of blepharoconjunctivitis: Phthiriasis palpebrarum.