Korean J Dermatol.
2002 Mar;40(3):311-313.
A Case of Tick Bite with Formation of Intradermal Cavity
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. Seoul, Korea. derm@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
Abstract
- Histopathologic findings of the tick bite are variable depending upon variable factors such as duration of feeding, size and shape of the mouthpart, type of tick secretion, etc. Intradermal cavity, which is formed as an uncoagulated blood pool under the inserted hypostome, is one of the characteristic acute histopathologic finding of tick bite especially by Ixodes species. We, herein, report a 46 year-old female patient of tick bile by Ixodes sp. in which histologic findings showed characteristic intradermal cavity formation surrounded by infiltration of many neutrophils and a few eosinophils as well as many extravasated red blood cells.
