RESUMO

Parasitic infections while common in underdeveloped nations are rarely seen in developed urban centers. We report a case of a thirty-three-year-old male with no past medical history who presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of "eggs coming out of my foot" after returning home from Brazil. Based on clinical presentation, travel history, and appearance of the lesion, diagnosis was most consistent with tungiasis infection which was confirmed by the pathology examination. It is important to make the appropriate diagnosis when skin lesions are found in returning travelers and emergency providers should take broad differential diagnosis into consideration.

Assuntos

Doenças do Pé/parasitologia , Pé/patologia , Viagem , Tunga/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tungíase/diagnóstico , Animais , Brasil , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência , Humanos , Masculino , Adulto Jovem