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Case Reports
. 2001 Mar;39(1):77-81.
doi: 10.3347/kjp.2001.39.1.77.

Two imported cases of cutaneous larva migrans

J W Park  1 , S J Kwon, J S Ryu, E K Hong, J U Lee, H J Yu, M H Ahn, D Y Min
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Case Reports

Two imported cases of cutaneous larva migrans

J W Park et al. Korean J Parasitol. 2001 Mar.

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.

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Fig. 1
Linear to serpiginous lesions on the right palm of the first patient (A), and on the right thigh of the second patient before treatment (C). Each of the skin lesions has improved after albendazole treatment (B & D). An arrowhead (D) is the biopsy site. Mild perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes mixed with many eosinophils is observed in the biopsy tissue of the first patient (E, H-E stain, × 200). Cross-sectioned larvae (arrow) are found in the epidermis of the second patient (F, H-E stain, × 400).
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