Clinico-Dermoscopic Consensus in Patients of Scabies presenting in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Objective: To determine the concordance between clinical and dermoscopic findings in patients of scabies. Study Design: Cross-Sectional Study. Place and Duration of Study: Dermatology Department, PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi Pakistan, from Jun 2022-Dec 2022. Methodology: All patients visiting Dermatology Outpatient during the study period with history of itching and age ranging from 18-50 years of either gender were included in this study after obtaining prior informed consent. Dermoscopic findings were recorded using HIEINE DELTA 20T dermoscope, captured at 10-16x magnification under standardized conditions of color and light, and stored using a 40-megapixel mobile camera for further investigation. Results: The age of patients ranged from 18 to 50 years with a median of 28.0(10.0). In the distribution of gender, 119(69.6%) were male while 52(30.4%) were female. Concordance between clinical and dermoscopic findings was noted in 91 patients (53.21%). Conclusion: Insignificant concordance was noted between clinical and dermoscopic findings among clinically suspicious patients of scabies.