A Case of Cutaneous Larva Migrans.
- Author:
In Kang JANG
;
Dong Won LEE
;
Baik Kee CHO
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cutaneous Larva Migrans;
Creeping Eruption
- MeSH:
Dermis;
Eosinophils;
Epidermis;
Humans;
Larva Migrans*;
Lymphocytes;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Thorax
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1995;33(2):396-400
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 58-year-old male presented with a pruritic, erythematous hread-like eruption on the right chest, which appeared as a small papule since 6 months prior to his visit. Histopathologic examination showed a burrow containing numerous eosinophiles and a few mononuclear cells in the epidermis. There was focal spongiosis unde the burrow. In the dermis, there was a diffuse and occasionally dense perivascular and periadnx 1 inflammatory cell infiltration consisting of eosinophiles and some lymphocytes. Multiple histologic sections were made without success in deizo strating parasitic tissue in the epidermis, however, the clinical and histopathologic features we onsistent with cutaneous larva migrans.
