A 58-year-old woman presented with a 10-day history of a pruritic rash and pain in the web space between the right first and second toe, extending laterally along the dorsal surface of her foot (Figure 1). Three months before symptom onset she had walked barefoot on the beach in Grenada. She had no other relevant history. Physical examination revealed a serpiginous erythematous tract on the dor...

the presence of visceral larva migrans (vlm) in a patient is reported. a 57-year- old woman suffering from right upper abdominal and suprapubic pain referred into a clinic in khorramabad, lorestan province, iran. a cystoscopy was performed and biopsy was taken. the light micro­scopic study showed a couple of larvae as well as mononuclear inflammatory cell- infiltration. because occurrence of vl...

Visceral and cutaneous larva migrans are parasitic zoonoses caused by the infection of larval nematodes Toxocara sp. and Ancylostoma sp. respectively. The objective of this study was to investigate the contamination by Toxocara sp. eggs and Ancylostoma sp. eggs and larva of soil samples collected from public parks and children's playground areas in state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using both Baer...

A 32-year-old man living in midwest Brazil presented with a 15-day history of skin eruption with severe itching after lying on a lawn in an amusement park for a few hours. The patient had no previous history of illness or use of medication. Clinical examination revealed a large (20 × 25 cm) erythematous eczematous plaque on the lower half of his back, with serpiginous tracks in some areas (Figu...

Sir, Cutaneous larva migrans are lesions that migrate or creep on the skin and are due to the presence of moving parasites in the skin. It is also known as creeping eruption, sandworm eruptions, plumber’s itch, and duck hunter’s itch. Causative larvae are from Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancylostoma caninum, Ancylostoma ceylonicum, Uncinaria stenocephala, and Bunostomum phlebotomum.[1] In humans, ...

Cutaneous larva migrans is skin eruption caused by infestation and migration of animal hookworm larvae in the human skin. It is common in tropics and sub‒tropics.1‒3 CLM has become common among travellers. The disease mainly occurs in resource‒poor communities.1 CLM presents as typical erythematous, serpiginous, pruritic, migratory skin eruptions. Lesions usually depends on area in contact with...