Hookworm folliculitis

Cutaneous larva migrans, or creeping eruption, is a parasitic dermatosis caused by zoonotic nematodes, clinically characterized by exquisitely pruritic, serpiginous tracts on the distal extremities. As a rule, histopathologic examination does not demonstrate the parasite, but, when found, the larva is usually situated in a burrow within the epidermis. This is a report of a patient who presented clinically with widespread follicular papules and pustules, and, on histopathologic examination, showed the presence of a nematode larva in the dermis.