A Case of Tick Bite Caused by Haemaphysalis flava.
- Author:
So Yeong YOON
1
;
Kyung Hoon KIM
;
Ki Beom SUHR
;
Baik Kee CHO
;
In Hwan NAM
;
Won Koo LEE
;
Jeung Hoon LEE
;
Jang Kyu PARK
Author Information
1. Deaprtmrnt of Dermatology, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Taejon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tick bite;
Haemaphysalis flava
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy;
Blood Vessels;
Dermis;
Eosinophils;
Female;
Humans;
Skin;
Tick Bites*;
Ticks*
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1996;34(2):326-330
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of tick bite caused by Haemaphysalis flava which have never been reported in Korean medical literature. An 31-year-old woman had a asymptomatic erythematous indurated plaque with central crust by tick bite on the left upper back. A excisional biopsy specimen from the skin lesion showed eosinophilic degeneration with thrombosed blood vessels and dense inflammatory cells infiltration mainly composed of eosinophils in the reticular dermis. We could identify this causative tick as Hamaphysalis flava by using the scanning electron microscopic examination.
