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Case Reports
. 2014 Mar-Apr;89(2):332-3.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142987.

Cutaneous larva migrans on the scalp: atypical presentation of a common disease

Carolina Degen Meotti  1 , Glaura Plates  1 , Letycia Lopes Chagas Nogueira  2 , Renata Anselme da Silva  3 , Karoline Silva Paolini  4 , Elias Moreira Nunes  1 , Fred Bernardes Filho  5
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Cutaneous larva migrans on the scalp: atypical presentation of a common disease

Carolina Degen Meotti et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2014 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Cutaneous larva migrans is a pruritic dermatitis due to the inoculation of helminths larvae in the skin, and it often occurs in children in tropical and subtropical areas. The authors describe an atypical case of cutaneous larva migrans in a 11 year-old child with scalp involvement, an unusual topography for this lesion.

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FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Erythematous string of sinuous and irregular path on the left parietal region
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
(a) Erythematous and eczematoid lesions of linear and angular path located on the lateral anterior of the distal-third of the left leg, ankle and foot
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