A Case of Tick Infestation in Chest Wall by Ixodes Nipponensis.
- Author:
Jong Phil CHU
1
;
Yoo Joung CHO
;
Gil Sang JEONG
;
Byoung Mun KO
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, Medical School of Kyoung-Hee University.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Human;
Case;
Tick;
Chest nodule;
Ixodes nipponensis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy;
Female;
Humans;
Ixodes*;
Middle Aged;
Skin;
Thoracic Wall*;
Thorax*;
Tick Bites;
Tick Infestations*;
Ticks*
- From:Korean Journal of Infectious Diseases
1997;29(1):53-56
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report herein an unusual case of tick bite. A 56 year old woman complained of erythematous nodular skin lesion on the left upper chest. An excision biopsy specimen of the lesion showed darkish-red nodule, in which there was a tick. It was identified as an adult female of Ixodes nipponensis by the scanning electron microscopic examination.
