CREEPING ERUPTION 



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History.— This disease was first described /by A. Lee in 1875. 

 Later on, Procke, Blanchard, Topsent, Fiilleborn, Macfie and others 

 have recorded several cases. It is not rare in some parts of Europe, 

 Africa, and Asia, and in South America. We have seen numerous 

 cases in Ceylon. It is ^extremely rare in North America, I 



etiology and Pathology Larvae of the genera GastropMliAs, 

 G, hcBmorroidalis and G. nasalis,' (Estromya satyrus, Hypoderma 



Fig. 866. — Larva Migrans. 



hovis, and E. lineata jhave been found in several cases. In others 

 nojlarva jwhatever jwasjfound. Looss states that -the same clinical 

 picture may be|caused occasionally by ancylostoma and strongy- 

 loides \{Anguillula) larvae, or even byjan inanimate 'object like fa 

 piece of horsehair. 



Symptomatology. — The eruption is characterized by the presence 

 of a narrow raised red line, ^ to i inch broad. This line extends 

 daily one or several inches, and is generally sinuous, but may be 



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