What’s Eating You? Black Butterfly (Hylesia nigricans)
| Autor: | Carlos González, Laura Sandoval, Mariam Rolón, Adriana Motta |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Urticaria media_common.quotation_subject Insect Moths Dermatitis Contact Lepidoptera genitalia 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Animals Humans Caterpillar media_common Order Lepidoptera Larva biology business.industry fungi medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Dermatology Lepidopterism 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Hylesia nigricans Butterfly business Butterflies |
| Zdroj: | Cutis. 107 |
| DOI: | 10.12788/cutis.0170 |
| Popis: | Lepidopterism refers to the adverse medical effects of contact with insects of the order Lepidoptera, which includes both moths and butterflies. These effects typically result from contact with an insect during the caterpillar (larval) stage. Lepidopterism involves multiple pathologic mechanisms, including direct toxicity of venom and mechanical irritant effects. Clinical patterns associated with contact with lepidoptera include localized stinging reactions, papular urticaria and dermatitis, urticarial wheals, and hemorrhagic diathesis. Accurate diagnosis of symptoms associated with contact with caterpillars, butterflies, or moths is nearly impossible without a reliable history of exposure, as the histology of exposure is nonspecific. Treatment is largely empiric and should be based on symptoms. We report a case of lepidopterism in a patient with acute cutaneous lesions following exposure to an adult-stage black butterfly (Hylesia nigricans). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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