title: Cutaneous larva migrans with parts of the larva in the epidermis.
abstract: Creeping eruption is usually caused by hookworms, most commonly Ancylostoma braziliensis and Ancylostoma caninum. Because lesions of cutaneous larva migrans have a typical clinical appearance, they are rarely biopsied. Specimens usually show spongiotic dermatitis with spongiotic vesicles containing neutrophils and eosinophils and a mixed-cell dermal infiltrate with numerous eosinophils. We report a case with parts of the larva migrans in the epidermis on histologic examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Balfour
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zalka
authors.forename: Rossitza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lazova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male