Tungiasis, a rare case of plantar inflammatory disease, a review of travelers skin lesions for emergency providers.
Emergency department
Skin lesion
Travelers
Tungiasis
Journal
The American journal of emergency medicine
ISSN: 1532-8171
Titre abrégé: Am J Emerg Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8309942
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2019
Jun 2019
Historique:
received:
23
02
2019
accepted:
20
03
2019
pubmed:
30
3
2019
medline:
9
1
2020
entrez:
30
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Parasitic infections while common in underdeveloped nations are rarely seen in developed urban centers. We report a case of a thirty-three-year-old male with no past medical history who presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of "eggs coming out of my foot" after returning home from Brazil. Based on clinical presentation, travel history, and appearance of the lesion, diagnosis was most consistent with tungiasis infection which was confirmed by the pathology examination. It is important to make the appropriate diagnosis when skin lesions are found in returning travelers and emergency providers should take broad differential diagnosis into consideration.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30922527
pii: S0735-6757(19)30179-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.030
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1215.e5-1215.e7Informations de copyright
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