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Case Reports
. 2000 Feb;41(1):46-7.
doi: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2000.00388.x.

Tungiasis

M H Grunwald  1 , A Shai, B Mosovich, I Avinoach
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Case Reports

Tungiasis

M H Grunwald et al. Australas J Dermatol. 2000 Feb.

Abstract

A 24-year-old man developed slow-growing lesions on subungual and plantar areas that appeared a few weeks after returning from a trip to South America. The diagnosis of tungiasis was established by microscopic examination of a lesion. Tungiasis is rarely seen in non-endemic areas.

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