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Rev Cent Dermatol Pascua 2007; 16 (2)

Cutaneous larva migrans. Presentation of a clinical case with bullous lesions

López CLD, Márquez PCE

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 85-88
PDF size: 123.72 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Cutaneous Larva migrans or creeping eruption is an ectoparasitosis produced by the penetration and migration of the nemathelminth parasites larvaes (Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum and Uncinaria stenocephala) acquired by body contact with the grown contaminated with cats and dogs faeces. CLM causes intense pruritus; signs are erythema and papules at the site of entry, with a winding, threadlike subcutaneous trail of reddish-brown inflammation. Diagnosis is by history and clinical appearance. Oral thiabendazole is not well tolerated and not usually used. Albendazole and ivermectin can be curative and are well tolerated. CLM may be complicated by a self-limiting pulmonary reaction called Löffler’s syndrome (patchy pulmonary infiltrates and peripheral blood eosinophilia).


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