Dermatitis causada por Hylesia metabus (Lepidoptera: Hemileucidae) en la región costera del Estado del Delta del Amacuro, Venezuela [Dermatitis caused by Hylesia metabus (Lepidoptera: Hemileucidae) in the costal region of the state of Delta Amacuro, Venezuela]

• Published in: Revista cubana de medicina tropical Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 215 - 217
• Main Authors: Rodríguez-Acosta, A, Rubiano, H, Reyes, M, Fernández, C T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cuba 1998
• Subjects: Adult; Animals; Combined Modality Therapy; Dermatitis, Contact - etiology; Dermatitis, Contact - pathology; Dermatitis, Contact - therapy; Humans; Lepidoptera - pathogenicity; Male; Prurigo - etiology; Prurigo - pathology; Prurigo - therapy; Skin - pathology; Time Factors; Venezuela; Venezuela
• ISSN: 0375-0760

2 cases of acute dermatitis caused by butterfly Hylesia metabus in an area that so far has not been considered as endemic for this species were presented. The dermatitis observed in these individuals may be described as very circumscribed, pruriginous, erythematous generalized protruding papules that may be compared with urticaria, and with a variable degree oedema. Monomorphic eruption consisting in small hard papules crowned by a little vesicle was also present. The lesions of these 2 patients evolved with intensely pruriginous papules for a week and after that they healed without dermatological sequelae.