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Case Reports
Tungiasis under dermoscopy: in vivo and ex vivo examination of the cutaneous infestation due to Tunga penetrans.
- Paulo Ricardo Criado, Gilles Landman, Vitor Manoel Silva dos Reis, and Walter Belda.
- Dermatology Department, University of São Paulo, Medical School, Clinics Hospital, São Paulo(SP), Brazil.
- An Bras Dermatol. 2013 Jul 1; 88 (4): 649-51.
AbstractThe female flea Tunga penetrans is responsible for a cutaneous parasitosis known as Tungiasis. We report the clinical case of a 12 year-old Caucasian boy who sought treatment in a dermatological private office due to a painful lesion in the plantar area and whose dermoscopic examination, without skin contact, allowed the visualization of parasite's movement inside the skin. The diagnosis of tungiasis is clinical, but it can be aided by in vivo and ex vivo dermoscopic examination of the lesion.
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