Figure 1. Cutaneous larva migrans on the left foot of a 36-year-old woman Diagnosis: Cutaneous larva migrans. Cutaneous larva migrans, also known as " creeping eruption, " is caused by larvae of the cat and dog hookworm. It is characterized by serpiginous, reddened, elevated, pruritic skin le-sions usually caused by Ancylostoma braziliense [1]. It occurs in warmer climates and is one of the mos...

Gastrointestinal parasites are frequently found in domestic animals, with important role animal and public health. Among gastrointestinal of dogs cats Toxocara spp. Ancylostoma reported as the most common world caunsing digestive damage, including death, great importance health causing visceral larva migrans cutaneous respectively. This study aimed verify occurrence gastroenteric from Mineiros,...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous larva migrans may be diagnosed by the typical clinical presentation, consisting on a pruritic serpiginous lesion that advances in a patient with a history of sunbathing, walking barefoot on the beach, or similar activity in a tropical location. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a Mediterranean 32-year-old man, recently returned from a trip to a Brazilian beach, wh...