We report herein an unusual case of tick bite. A 56 year old woman complained of erythematous nodular skin lesion on the left upper chest. An excision biopsy specimen of the lesion showed darkish-red nodule, in which there was a tick. It was identified as an adult female of Ixodes nipponensis by the scanning electron microscopic examination.
Adult
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Biopsy
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Female
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Humans
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Ixodes*
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Middle Aged
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Skin
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Thoracic Wall*
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Thorax*
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Tick Bites
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Tick Infestations*
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Ticks*