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Gnathostoma hispidum Infection in a Korean Man Returning from China: Han-Seong Kim, Jin-Joo Lee, Mee Joo, Sun-Hee Chang, Je G. Chi, Jong-Yil Chai; Korean J Parasitol 2010;48(3):259-261.
Published online September 16, 2010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2010.48.3.259

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Human Gnathostoma hispidum infection is extremely rare in the world literature and has never been reported in the Republic of Korea. A 74-year-old Korean man who returned from China complained of an erythematous papule on his back and admitted to our hospital. Surgical extraction of the lesion and histopathological examination revealed sections of a nematode larva in the deep dermis. The sectioned larva had 1 nucleus in each intestinal cell and was identified as G. hispidum. The patient recalled having eaten freshwater fish when he lived in China. We designated our patient as an imported G. hispidum case from China.

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A case of histologically diagnosed tick infestation on the scalp of a Korean child: Sun Hee Chang, Jae-Hwan Park, Ji Eun Kwak, Mee Joo, Hanseong Kim, Je G. Chi, Sung-Tae Hong, Jong-Yil Chai; Korean J Parasitol 2006;44(2):157-161.
Published online June 20, 2006; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2006.44.2.157

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A scalp mass surgically excised from a 4-year-old Korean boy was identified as a tick through histological observations. In sections of the mass, characteristic features of a tick, including its gross contour, cuticular structures, well developed musculature and salivary glands, and the capitulum, were discovered. In particular, the capitulum is anteriorly protruded, which strongly suggests that the specimen be a hard tick of family Ixodidae. However, the present histological features were not enough to determine the genus and species of the tick, because information on sectional morphologies of different tick species is unavailable. This is a rare case of tick infestation on the scalp diagnosed in histological sections.

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