A Case of Tick Bite Caused by Ixodes nipponensis.
- Author:
Seung Churl PAIK
;
Young Jin OH
;
Si Yong KIM
;
Baik Kee CHO
;
Won HOUH
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ixodes nipponensis;
Tick bite
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Adult;
Biopsy;
Dermis;
Endothelial Cells;
Eosinophils;
Female;
Histiocytes;
Humans;
Ixodes*;
Lymphocytes;
Middle Aged;
Neutrophils;
Skin;
Tick Bites*;
Ticks*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1989;27(1):83-88
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 53-year-old woman developed a psinful erythematous papular skin eruption around the biting site by a tick on the left lower abdomen. A excision biopsy specimen from the skin lesion showed perivsscular infiltration of inflammatory cells composed mainly of neutrophiles, lymphocytes, and a few eosinophiles and histiocytes throughout the dermis. Some of the vessels were dilated with protruding and proliferated endothelial cells. The tick was identified as an adult female of Ixodes nipponensis by the scanning electron microscopic examination.
