Swimmer Itch, Cercarial Dermatitis - DermAtlas

Contributor

Johnell Kolve

Diagnosis

swimmer itch cercarial dermatitis

Body Site

arm

Age

8 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

scattered

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant) sites not clothing covered

Comments

This 8-year-old girl developed an itchy eruption comprised of pink and red papules on the arms and legs after swimming in a fresh water pond. Cercarial dermatitis can be distinguished from seabather's eruption which usually involves clothing covered skin where larval members of marine organisms in the phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish, sea anemones,a nd corals) are trapped against the skin.

Description

uniform 2-3 mm red papules

Image Added

12/2/2003 7:55:54

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