[Plantar pruritus after trip to Vietnam].
A 33 year old man is evaluated for a pruriginous plantar eruption on the right foot. Three weeks ago he walked across a river barefoot in the south of Vietnam. In the clinical examination of the foot a red, serpiginuous dermatitis was seen. Patient history and clinical picture were typical for a larva migrans. After starting a treatment with albendazol the patient felt well and the lesions disappeared.
Tanneberger
O
O
Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Basel.
Fehr
J
J
Nuesch
R
R
D000328:Adult; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003906:Developing Countries; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology*; D014195:Travel
D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole