A Case of Tick Bite.
- Author:
Baik Kee CHO
;
Jun Young LEE
;
Jin Woo KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tick bite;
Ixodes sp
- MeSH:
Capillaries;
Dermis;
Dilatation;
Edema;
Eosinophils;
Humans;
Neutrophils;
Scrotum;
Skin;
Tick Bites*;
Ticks*;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1985;23(4):480-485
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We describe herein a case of tick bite ocurring to a 23-year-old man who has a characteristic lesion clinically and histopathologically. The tick(Ixodes sp.) was still attached to the brownish and erythematous, indurated skin of the scrotum. The engorged tick which was carefully removed from the skin with a scalpel was 8.7mm in length and 5. 5 mm in width. Histopathologically, characteristic amorphous eosinophilic materigl is deposited around a round space where the hypostorne of the tick was inserted. Heavy inflammatory cell infiltratton in the mid and lower dermis is composed mainly of neutrophils and eosinophils. A certain area of the lower dermis shows edema and capillary dilatation along with the mixed inflammatory cell infiltration, TVide excision of the indurated lesion including the tick was done. The clinical and hsitopathological findings of the tick bite was discussed.
