Tick Bites / 대한피부과학회지

Tick bites are dermatoses not commonly encountered in Korea. Identification of causative ticks as well as recognition of clinical signs and histopathologic findings are important in making a diagnosis in tick-related dermatoses. Hard ticks which belong to the Family Ixodidae are responsible for most tick-related diseases. Since the first human case of tick bite in Korea was reported in 1982, seventeen cases have been reported up to the present. All the inflicted ticks belonged to the genus Ixodes except a case by Haemaphysalis flava. Among 16 ticks, collected from 16 cases of tick bites caused by the genus Ixodes, nine I. nipponenses, an I. ovatus and I. persulcatus were identified. Recently we experienced 8 cases of tick bites, 6 of them were caused by the genus Ixodes including 4 I. nipponenses. One of them, whose essential complaint was fever and chills, showed the clinical course of tick bite pyrexia which had not been reported in Korea. The clinical and epidemiological findings of tick bites reported in Korea were reviewed, including these 8 cases.

Disseminated Superficial Actinic Porokeratosis ( DSAP ): Case Report and Review of Literatures / 대한피부과학회지

A case of disseminated superficial actinic poroLeratosis affecting 47 years old, house wife, who has been suffering from multiple dark-brownish keratotic papules on the sun-light exposed parts especially face, forearm and dorsa of the both hands with mild itching sensation, is presented. The skin lesions developed about two years ago insidiously and increased size and numberes of the lesion. Her family background suggests autosomal dominant inheritance.