A case of delayed cutaneous reaction caused by jellyfish / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

A 10-year-old boy had a recurrence of cutaneous lesions 1 week after only one exposure to jellyfish on the lower extremity. The recurring lesion was charaeterized by pruritic several linear or whiplash-like erythematous and some edematous papuloplaques. The histopathologic findings showed focal hyperkeratosis, acanthosis in epidermis and mild perivascular infiltration of inflammatory cells, capillary proliferations in dermis.