A Case of Creeping Eruption / 대한피부과학회지

ABSTRACT

Creeping eruption is a rare cutaneous serpiginous eruption caused by fhe accidental invasion of the skin by parasites. The patient was a 26 year-old female presented with a severe pruritic erythematous serpiginous linear skin lesion on the dorsal surface of left foot for 10 days. Histopathologic finding revealed a typical burrow containing inflammatory cells and necrotic epithelial cells in the epidermis and diffuse patch infiltration of mononuclear cells and eosinophils in the dermis. Laboratory examination shows eosinophilia. The patient was treated with oral flubendazole 500mg per day for 10 days. The skin lesion disappeared without. recurrence. We described a typical case of creeping eruption never reported in Korea.