Bristle Migrans

Cutaneous pili migrans: a case report and review of the literature

“…According to the literature, the lesions in the abdomen started in the lower abdominal or pubic region, and moved towards the iliac region, leaving a serpentine line 8 . The force making the hair move was considered to be body motion 3,5,7,8 …”

“…1 Nevertheless, since 1957, there have been 20 reported cases demonstrating that a hair shaft moving in the shallow epidermis produces an eruption reminiscent of cutaneous larva migrans. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] In this report, we present such a rare case and review the published literature. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case in China.…”

Unilateral migratory linear plantar erythema

“…Since the first documented case of pilus migrans in 1957, 26 additional reports have been published [1][2][3][4][5][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], with patient age ranging from 15 months to 58 years, and 16 patients, including ours, being male [3,12].…”

A case of `creeping hair' resembling cutaneous larva migrans

“…Notably, a burrowing hair in the skin is also one of the causes of creeping eruptions. Such cases have been reported with various terms such as ‘imbedded hair’, 1 ‘bristle migrans’ 2 and ‘burrowing hair’, 3 and ‘creeping hair’ was recently proposed as a suitable term 4 . We report the clinical and histopathological findings in a case of creeping hair, which clinically resembled cutaneous larva migrans (CLM).…”