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Cutaneous larva migrans Kerri S Purdy, MD, Dr Richard G Langley, MD, Amanda N Webb, BScH, Noreen Walsh, FRCPath, David Haldane, MB FRCPC The Lancet Volume 377, Issue 9781, (June 2011) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61149-X Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions

Figure Cutaneous larva migrans (A) Serpiginous eruption of plantar aspect of right foot. (B) Reflectance confocal microscope imaging showing highly refractile oval larva (arrow). (C) Histological examination of punch biopsy extraction showing richly eosinophilic intact hookworm larva (arrow) within the epidermis. The Lancet 2011 377, DOI: (10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61149-X) Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions