Korean J Dermatol.
2002 Apr;40(4):461-463.
A Case of Creeping Eruption
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, Medical Science Research Center, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, Iksan, korea. sdpark@wonkwang.ac.kr
Abstract
- Creeping eruption is a syndrome characterized by the penetration in human skin of larvae from hookworms of various animals, mainly cats and dogs. A 26-year-old male presents with pruritic erythematous serpiginous linear skin lesion on the left lower leg for 2 weeks. The skin lesion was developed after walking in bare feet along the beach of an island in Philippines. Histopathologic finding showed a burrow containing numerous eosinophils and a few mononuclear cells in the epidermis. No parasite was found in multiple histologic section.
