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KMID : 0425120140520060685
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2014 Volume.52 No. 6 p.685 ~ p.690
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Perianal Tick-Bite Lesion Caused by a Fully Engorged Female Amblyomma testudinarium
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Kim Jin
Kang Haeng-An
Kim Sung-Sun
Joo Hyun-Soo
Chong Won-Seog
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Abstract
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A perianal tick and the surrounding skin were surgically excised from a 73-year-old man residing in a southwestern costal area of the Korean Peninsula. Microscopically a deep penetrating lesion was formed beneath the attachment site. Dense and mixed inflammatory cell infiltrations occurred in the dermis and subcutaneous tissues around the feeding lesion. Amorphous eosinophilic cement was abundant in the center of the lesion. The tick had Y-shaped anal groove, long mouthparts, ornate scutum, comma-shaped spiracular plate, distinct eyes, and fastoons. It was morphologically identified as a fully engorged female Amblyomma testudinarium. This is the third human case of Amblyomma tick infection in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Amblyomma testudinarium, tick, human, histopathology
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