Meotti Carolina Degen, Plates Glaura, Nogueira Letycia Lopes Chagas, Silva Renata Anselme da, Paolini Karoline Silva, Nunes Elias Moreira, Bernardes Filho Fred
Private Clinic - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Universidade Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
An Bras Dermatol. 2014 Mar-Apr;89(2):332-3. doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142987.
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.
皮肤幼虫移行症是一种因皮肤接种蠕虫幼虫而引起的瘙痒性皮炎,常见于热带和亚热带地区的儿童。作者描述了一例11岁儿童的非典型皮肤幼虫移行症病例,病变累及头皮,这在该疾病中是不常见的部位。