Tick infestation on the lower eyelid: a case report

BACKGROUND: The tick infestation of the lower lid is a quite rare condition. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 40 years old caucasian female who presented with the above condition after camping in the Norfolk area, UK. CONCLUSION: Tick bite can be responsible for many diseases the most common...

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Autores principales: Liolios, Vasilis, Goldsmith, Craig
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062710
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9073
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description BACKGROUND: The tick infestation of the lower lid is a quite rare condition. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 40 years old caucasian female who presented with the above condition after camping in the Norfolk area, UK. CONCLUSION: Tick bite can be responsible for many diseases the most common being Lyme disease which can affect the eyes in several ways. It is still debatable whether or not prophylactic treatment is needed after tick bite.
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spelling pubmed-28038702010-01-10 Tick infestation on the lower eyelid: a case report Liolios, Vasilis Goldsmith, Craig Cases J Case Report BACKGROUND: The tick infestation of the lower lid is a quite rare condition. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 40 years old caucasian female who presented with the above condition after camping in the Norfolk area, UK. CONCLUSION: Tick bite can be responsible for many diseases the most common being Lyme disease which can affect the eyes in several ways. It is still debatable whether or not prophylactic treatment is needed after tick bite. BioMed Central 2009-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC2803870/ /pubmed/20062710 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-9073 Text en Copyright ©2009 Liolios and Goldsmith; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tick infestation on the lower eyelid: a case report
title Tick infestation on the lower eyelid: a case report
title_full Tick infestation on the lower eyelid: a case report
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title_full_unstemmed Tick infestation on the lower eyelid: a case report
title_short Tick infestation on the lower eyelid: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062710
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