A Case of Creeping Eruption.
- Author:
Dong O YOU
1
;
Jung Dae KANG
;
Nyoung Hoon YOUN
;
Seok Don PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Medical Science Research Center, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, korea. sdpark@wonkwang.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Creeping eruption
- MeSH:
Adult;
Ancylostomatoidea;
Animals;
Cats;
Dogs;
Eosinophils;
Epidermis;
Foot;
Humans;
Larva;
Larva Migrans*;
Leg;
Male;
Parasites;
Philippines;
Skin;
Walking
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
2002;40(4):461-463
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Creeping eruption is a syndrome characterized by the penetration in human skin of larvae from hookworms of various animals, mainly cats and dogs. A 26-year-old male presents with pruritic erythematous serpiginous linear skin lesion on the left lower leg for 2 weeks. The skin lesion was developed after walking in bare feet along the beach of an island in Philippines. Histopathologic finding showed a burrow containing numerous eosinophils and a few mononuclear cells in the epidermis. No parasite was found in multiple histologic section.
