Tungiasis. Report of one case

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...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Revista medíca de Chile Vol. 139; no. 9; pp. 1206 - 1209
Main Authors:	Tapia E, Oscar, Kam C, Sandra, Naranjo L, Mauricio, Villaseca H, Miguel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Spanish
Published:	Chile 01-09-2011
Subjects:	Animals Brazil Chile Humans Male Middle Aged Siphonaptera Travel Tungiasis - parasitology Brazil Chile Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Description
Summary:	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.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1 ObjectType-Report-3 ObjectType-Case Study-4
ISSN:	0034-9887 0717-6163
DOI:	10.4067/S0034-98872011000900015