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Cutaneous larva migrans with folliculitis: a new clinical presentation of this infestation
Author(s) -
Veraldi S,
Bottini S,
Carrera C,
Gianotti R
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2005.01235.x
Subject(s) - medicine , folliculitis , albendazole , cutaneous larva migrans , dermatology , presentation (obstetrics) , infestation , histopathological examination , larva migrans , pathology , surgery , helminthiasis , biology , botany
Two patients (a 35‐year‐old woman and a 33‐year‐old man, just returned from trips to Jamaica and Barbados, respectively) presented with cutaneous larva migrans with folliculitis, a rare and atypical clinical presentation of this infestation. Histopathological examination revealed a follicular and perifollicular infiltrate prevalently consisting of lymphocytes and neutrophils, with numerous eosinophils. Both patients were successfully treated with oral albendazole.