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Cutaneous Diseases Caused by Arthropods and Other Noxious Animals

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This chapter discusses the cutaneous manifestations caused by arthropods which includes insects, ticks, mites, spiders, and scorpions. Infestations by arthropods as well as their developing stages lead to various cutaneous and sometimes systemic symptoms These cutaneous manifestations are varied and nonspecific. It may cause lesions like petechiae, purpura, ulcer, nodule, and atrophic, and hyper-pigmented lesions. Most lesions develop because of immune reactions to the potential allergen.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

    Sumit Kar, Nidhi Yadav, Pooja Bonde & Varsha Verma

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Kar, S., Yadav, N., Bonde, P., Verma, V. (2022). Cutaneous Diseases Caused by Arthropods and Other Noxious Animals. In: Smoller, B., Bagherani, N. (eds) Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53805-1_77

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