Pathology
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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
Tungiasis
Clinical signs
  • skin infestation by the flea Tunga penetrans
  • tunga is feeding on mammals
  • Caribbean region, Africa, India, Pakistan, and Latin America
  • female gets into the dermis and gets enlarged, breathes through a small skin opening
  • eggs came out through the skin opening
  • after laying the eggs the female dies and is eliminated
  • pruritic and painful nodules and ulcers
  • localization: legs (interdigital regions)
  • secondary inflammation and phlegmone may complicate the disease
Histology

Intradermally located female flea, size up to 10 mm, with eggs within the body cavity. The fly is surrounded by inflammation.