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RODRIGUEZ-ACOSTA, Alexis; RUBIANO, Hernando; REYES, Matías  y  FERNANDEZ, Carmen Teresa. Dermatitis causada por Hylesia metabus (Lepidoptera: Hemileucidae) en la región costera del Estado del Delta del Amacuro, Venezuela. Rev Cubana Med Trop [online]. 1998, vol.50, n.3, pp. 215-217. ISSN 1561-3054.

2 cases of acute dermatitis caused by butterfly Hylesia metabus in an area that so far has not been considered as endemic for this species were presented. The dermatitis observed in these individuals may be described as very circumscribed, pruriginous, erythematous generalized protruding papulas that may be compared with urticaria, and with a variable degree oedema. Monomorphic eruption consisting in small hard papulas crowned by a little vesicle was also present. The lesions of these 2 patients evoluted with intensely pruriginous papulas for a week and after that they healed without dermatological sequelae.

Palabras clave : DERMATITIS [etiology]; LEPIDOPTERA; VENEZUELA.

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