title: Widespread skin rash following travel to South-East Asia.
abstract: A 21-year-old man presented with a widespread, intensely pruritic skin rash, which developed acutely 5 days after returning from a backpacking holiday in Thailand. On initial presentation to his general practitioner, an erythematous, papular rash was noted in the upper right back, with smaller clusters of lesions on the buttocks and right arm. Based on the anatomical distribution of the lesions, a preliminary diagnosis of shingles was made. Over the following 2 weeks, the lesions failed to improve, and new snake-like lesions appeared. A dermatologist made the diagnosis of cutaneous larva migrans. The skin lesions rapidly resolved following oral albendazole therapy.
authors.affiliation: Kings College Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Creamer
mesh_terms: D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007815:Larva Migrans / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D013785:Thailand; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole