Korean J Parasitol.
2006 Jun;44(2):157-161. 10.3347/kjp.2006.44.2.157.
A case of histologically diagnosed tick infestation on the scalp of a Korean child
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- 1Clinical Research Center and Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Gyeonggi province 411-706, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Gyeonggi province 411-706, Korea.
- 3Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul 110-799, Korea. cjy@snu.ac.kr
- KMID: 1720512
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2006.44.2.157
Abstract
- A scalp mass surgically excised from a 4-year-old Korean boy was identified as a tick through histological observations. In sections of the mass, characteristic features of a tick, including its gross contour, cuticular structures, well developed musculature and salivary glands, and the capitulum, were discovered. In particular, the capitulum is anteriorly protruded, which strongly suggests that the specimen be a hard tick of family Ixodidae. However, the present histological features were not enough to determine the genus and species of the tick, because information on sectional morphologies of different tick species is unavailable. This is a rare case of tick infestation on the scalp diagnosed in histological sections.
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