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Migrating hair: a case confused with cutaneous larva migrans.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Nov-Dec; 27(6):628-30.PD

Abstract

Pili migrans is an unusual skin condition in which a hair shaft migrates under the surface of the skin and mimics the parasitic infection, cutaneous larva migrans. If the migrating hair is located on the sole of the foot, it represents a foreign body from an exogenous source. We present a 3-year-old boy with bilateral pili migrans on the soles of his feet, acquired after running around in his socks while at his mother's beauty salon. This case highlights a distinctive presentation of a foreign body penetration of the skin that can easily be confused for and should be differentiated from the parasitic disease, cutaneous larva migrans.

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Kim JY
Ajou University School of Medicine, Woncheon-dong, Yongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Kyunggi-do, South Korea.
Silverman RA
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Child, PreschoolDiagnosis, DifferentialFoot DermatosesForeign-Body MigrationHairHumansLarva MigransMale

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

21078109

Citation

Kim, Joo Yeon, and Robert A. Silverman. "Migrating Hair: a Case Confused With Cutaneous Larva Migrans." Pediatric Dermatology, vol. 27, no. 6, 2010, pp. 628-30.
Kim JY, Silverman RA. Migrating hair: a case confused with cutaneous larva migrans. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010;27(6):628-30.
Kim, J. Y., & Silverman, R. A. (2010). Migrating hair: a case confused with cutaneous larva migrans. Pediatric Dermatology, 27(6), 628-30. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01321.x
Kim JY, Silverman RA. Migrating Hair: a Case Confused With Cutaneous Larva Migrans. Pediatr Dermatol. 2010 Nov-Dec;27(6):628-30. PubMed PMID: 21078109.
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