Hair fragment in the skin resembling larva migrans

Abstract

Hair fragments penetrating the skin may produce a variety of different clinical pictures (Scott, 1957). One of the most peculiar of these resembles larva migrans (Yaffee, 1957; Schamberg, Park & Strauss, 1961; Ronchese, 1962).

Cutaneous pili migrans: a case report and review of the literature

“…The patients’ ages were from 15 months 3 to 58 years 8 . The duration between the discovery of the lesion to consultation was from 2 days 3,7 to several years, 6 although some were not presented 4,5,8 . Twelve of the patients, including the present case, were male.…”

Creeping Hair: An Isolated Hair Burrowing in the Uppermost Dermis Resembling Larva Migrans

“…Such linearly moving erythematous eruption due to a burrowing hair shaft, resembling an eruption caused by larva migrans, is poorly reported in the Western dermatological literature [2,3,4,5]. These cases involved the skin of the ankle [2], sole [3, 5], or toe [4], strongly suggesting that the causative hair fragments became embedded due to external friction stimuli.…”

“…These cases involved the skin of the ankle [2], sole [3, 5], or toe [4], strongly suggesting that the causative hair fragments became embedded due to external friction stimuli.…”

“…However, a few cases have been reported in which a hair shaft moving in the shallow dermis forms an eruption appearing similar to that of larva migrans [2,3,4,5]. In these cases, the causative hair shaft, or hair fragment, is seen through the epidermis at the top of the migrating erythema, and is easily removed by a shallow incision of the skin.…”

Unilateral migratory linear plantar erythema

“…Since the first documented case of pilus migrans in 1957, 26 additional reports have been published [1][2][3][4][5][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], with patient age ranging from 15 months to 58 years, and 16 patients, including ours, being male [3,12].…”