Tungiasis: una rara ectoparasitosis. Caso clínico

We report a 54-year-old male that, after working in a rural zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presented with an itching cutaneous lesion in the wrist with a black small central zone. The patient extracted from the lesion a on of 0.5 mm diameter. The pathological study of the insect recognized its body...

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Autores principales: Tapia E,Oscar, Kam C,Sandra, Naranjo L,Mauricio, Villaseca H,Miguel
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2011
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Sumario:We report a 54-year-old male that, after working in a rural zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presented with an itching cutaneous lesion in the wrist with a black small central zone. The patient extracted from the lesion a on of 0.5 mm diameter. The pathological study of the insect recognized its body segments. The epidemiological background and the characteristics of the lesion led to the diagnosis of tungiasis.