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Case 191. |
Spiruroid nematode larva migrans (creeping disease) (38 y-o M) | |||
| Biopsy from vesicle-forming creeping disease (cutaneous larva migrans) of the abdominal skin, seen after eating firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans) | |||
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Bullous creeping disease is characteristic of this parasitosis. The life cycle and final host of this larva is unknown, hence term of spiruroid nematode larva type-X. | ||
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