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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Larva migrans
Etiology

Larvae of the dog or cat hookworm: Ancylostoma caninum

Clinical signs
  • characteristic 2 mm wide burrow
  • migrates several mm/day
  • spontaneous regression
Histology

Spongiosis, intraepidermal spongiotic vesicles, necrotic keratinocytes, eosinophils. The larva itself is difficult to catch (is several milimeters ahead of the eruption).