Pyemotes ventricosus Dermatitis: Comet-Shaped Skin Lesions after Contact with Woodworm-Infested Furniture.

A 23-year-old woman presented to our dermatology clinic for the sudden onset of pruritic lesions on her forearms and legs for the past two days ago. She had been restoring used furniture infested with woodworm. We observed many oval "comet-shaped" erythematous maculopapules with a serpiginous track on the exposed parts of her forearms and legs (Figure 1). Considering the temporal relationship and the contact with woodworm, we were able to diagnose it as Pyemotes ventricosus. We prescribed topical corticosteroids twice daily. By the 8th day, the lesions had cleared.