Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

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A case of histologically diagnosed tick infestation on the scalp of a Korean child

  • Chang, Sun-Hee (Clinical Research Center, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Park, Jae-Hwan (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center) ;
  • Kwak, Ji-Eun (Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Joo, Mee (Clinical Research Center, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Han-Seong (Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Chi, Je-G. (Department of Pathology, Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Hong, Sung-Tae (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center) ;
  • Chai, Jong-Yil (Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center)
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

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 pre-sent 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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