Cutaneous larva migrans in a beach volleyball player

Jaroslaw Krzywanski; Ernest Kuchar; Rafal Mierzynski

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01084

Cutaneous larva migrans in a beach volleyball player

IDCases. 2021 Mar 24:24:e01084. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01084. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Jaroslaw Krzywanski¹, Ernest Kuchar², Rafal Mierzynski¹

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Sports Medicine, 63A Zwirki & Wigury, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.
² Department of Pediatrics with Clinical Assessment Unit, Medical University of Warsaw, 63A Zwirki & Wigury, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.

Abstract

Athletes playing beach volleyball come into contact with sand and may contract skin parasites. We present a case of cutaneous larva migrans in a 20-year-old Polish female beach volleyball player. The athlete participated in The World Tour in Asia (China, Malaysia, Cambodia) a month before. In the beginning, her skin lesions were misdiagnosed as allergic reactions and treated with antihistamines. The disease in the form of a pruritic, migratory serpiginous skin eruption on legs was diagnosed during routine medical examination at the National Centre for Sports Medicine in Warsaw. She was treated successfully with albendazole and cetirizine. The skin lesions resolved entirely within two weeks.

Keywords: Dermatology; Exposure; Nematodes; Rash; Tropical disease.

Publication types

Case Reports