Painful papulovesicles produced by the puss caterpillar.
A residential gardener complained of immediate stinging when a "fuzzy tan caterpillar" fell across his fingers. He presented with painful hemorrhagic papules on the dorsal aspect of his right hand. Lepidopterism from contact with Megalopyge opercularis is described.
Gardner
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Department of Dermatology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, USA.
Elston
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D000368:Aged; D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology