Two imported cases of cutaneous larva migrans.
10.3347/kjp.2001.39.1.77
- Author:
Jin Woo PARK
;
Sang Jin KWON
;
Jae Sook RYU
;
Eun Kyung HONG
;
Jung Uk LEE
;
Hee Joon YU
;
Myoung Hee AHN
;
Duk Young MIN
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Albendazole/therapeutic use;
Anthelmintics/therapeutic use;
Child, Preschool;
Female;
Human;
Larva Migrans/*drug therapy/pathology;
Male;
*Travel;
Treatment Outcome
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2001;39(1):77-81
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a rare serpiginous cutaneous eruption caused by accidental penetration and migration in the skin with infective larvae of nematode that normally do not have the human as their host. Although CLM has a worldwide distribution, the infection is most frequent in warmer climates. More recently, they have been increasingly imported from the tropics or subtropics by travelers. We experienced two patients who had pruritic serpiginous linear eruption in their skin for a few weeks after traveling to the endemic areas (Brazil and Thailand, respectively). After the treatment with albendazole, the skin lesions resolved with post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. We report herein two cases of cutaneous larva migrans successfully treated with albendazole.
