Dermoscopy as an auxiliary method in the diagnosis of social wasp (Hymenoptera,Vespidae) stings

We describe the case of a 32-year-old male patient that sought medical treatment complaining of severe pain in his second and third right-hand fingers. the symptoms had started two hours before. the hypotheses of spider bite,scorpion or insect sting and injury caused by a foreign body were considered in the differential diagnoses. on dermoscopy,two foreign bodies were identified on his skin. after extraction,we concluded that they were wasp stingers. © 2014 by anais brasileiros de dermatologia.