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CutaneousLarvaMigransClinicalPresentation:History,Physical,Causes

CutaneousLarvaMigransClinicalPresentation
Author:LydiaAJuzych,MDChiefEditor:WilliamDJames,MDmore...
Updated:Nov10,2015

History
Historyfindingsmaybeasfollows:
Tingling/pricklingatthesiteofexposurewithin30minutesofpenetrationof
larvae,althoughArcherdescribesacaseoflateonsetcutaneouslarva
migrans(CLM) [7]
Intensepruritus
Erythematous,oftenlinearlesionsthatadvance
Oftenassociatedwithahistoryofsunbathing,walkingbarefootonthe
beach,orsimilaractivityinatropicallocation
Predispositionstocontractingcutaneouslarvamigransincludethefollowing:
Hobbiesandoccupationsthatinvolvecontactwithwarm,moist,sandysoil
Tropical/subtropicalclimatetravel
Barefootbeachgoers/sunbathers
Childreninsandboxes
Carpenter
Electrician
Plumber
Farmer
Gardener
Pestexterminator

ContributorInformationandDisclosures
Author
LydiaAJuzych,MDSeniorStaff,DepartmentofDermatology,HenryFordHealthSciencesCenter
LydiaAJuzych,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AlphaOmegaAlpha,MichiganState
MedicalSociety,MichiganDermatologicalSociety,AmericanMedicalAssociation,AmericanMedicalStudent
Association/Foundation,AmericanMedicalWomensAssociation,PhiBetaKappa
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
Coauthor(s)
MargaretCDouglass,MDProgramDirector,DepartmentofDermatology,HenryFordHospital
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
SpecialtyEditorBoard
DavidFButler,MDSectionChiefofDermatology,CentralTexasVeteransHealthcareSystemProfessorof
Dermatology,TexasA&MUniversityCollegeofMedicineFoundingChair,DepartmentofDermatology,Scott
andWhiteClinic
DavidFButler,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanMedicalAssociation,AlphaOmega
Alpha,AssociationofMilitaryDermatologists,AmericanAcademyofDermatology,AmericanSocietyfor
DermatologicSurgery,AmericanSocietyforMOHSSurgery,PhiBetaKappa
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
EdwardFChan,MDClinicalAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofDermatology,UniversityofPennsylvania
SchoolofMedicine
EdwardFChan,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAcademyofDermatology,
AmericanSocietyofDermatopathology,SocietyforInvestigativeDermatology
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
ChiefEditor
WilliamDJames,MDPaulRGrossProfessorofDermatology,ViceChairman,ResidencyProgramDirector,
DepartmentofDermatology,UniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofMedicine
WilliamDJames,MDisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAcademyofDermatology,
SocietyforInvestigativeDermatology
Disclosure:Nothingtodisclose.
AdditionalContributors
DanielMarkSiegel,MD,MSClinicalProfessorofDermatology,DepartmentofDermatology,StateUniversity
ofNewYorkDownstateMedicalCenter
DanielMarkSiegel,MD,MSisamemberofthefollowingmedicalsocieties:AmericanAcademyof
Dermatology,AmericanCollegeofMohsSurgery,AmericanAssociationforPhysicianLeadership,American
SocietyforDermatologicSurgery,AmericanSocietyforMOHSSurgery,InternationalSocietyforDermatologic
Surgery

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