Cutaneous larva migrans on the scalp: atypical presentation of a common disease

• Główni autorzy: Carolina Degen Meotti (Autor), Glaura Plates (Autor), Letycia Lopes Chagas Nogueira (Autor), Renata Anselme da Silva (Autor), Karoline Silva Paolini (Autor), Elias Moreira Nunes (Autor), Fred Bernardes Filho (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Cutaneous larva migrans is a pruritic dermatitis due to the inoculation of helminths larvae in the skin, and it often occurs in children in tropical and subtropical areas. The authors describe an atypical case of cutaneous larva migrans in a 11 year-old child with scalp involvement, an unusual topog...