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Is There a Connection Between Mites and Grover's Disease?Posted By Judy (Bethel, Vt) on 11/27/2015
I have had about 12 doctor visits seeing several different doctors for this problem. My conclusion is that I have contracted some kind of mites from her. The fierce biting sensations began for me when sitting on my couch exactly where she had sat the day before. Now a recent biopsy after 4 total biopsies "suggests" I may have Grover's disease. Of course that has no known cause, and logically then no known cure. I had had under my skin what appears to be burrowing mites though. Has anyone ever connected mites with Grover's disease or even considered that to be a possible cause?
Replied by Art (California ) on 11/28/2015
Art
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11385234
Dermatology. 2001;202(3):252-4.
Kaddu S1, MÃÂ1/4llegger RR, Kerl H.
An 83-year-old man presented with a 4-month history of discrete, itchy papules mainly distributed on the trunk and upper extremities. Histopathologic examination of two biopsies from lesions on the trunk revealed mainly focal suprabasal acantholysis and an inflammatory infiltrate composed mainly of lymphocytes with a few eosinophils. The overall clinical and histopathologic features were consistent with Grover's disease. However, scrapings taken from the skin lesions showed numerous mites of Sarcoptes scabiei. Subsequent treatment with an antiscabies cream led to a rapid complete cure, and no skin lesions have been observed during a 6-month follow-up. A review of the literature revealed 2 other cases of cutaneous lesions fulfilling the clinical and histopathologic features of Grover's disease in which mites of S. scabiei were demonstrated. Our observation further highlights the unusual association of Grover's disease with S. scabiei mites and emphasises the importance of excluding this easily treatable skin infestation in all patients with Grover's disease.
Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel
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11385234
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