TY - JOUR T1 - Cutaneous larva migrans in a temperate area JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 813 LP - 813 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310845 VL - 101 IS - 9 AU - Anca Chiriac AU - Anca E Chiriac AU - Tudor Pinteala AU - Cristian Podoleanu AU - Marius Florin Coros AU - Cosmin Moldovan AU - Simona Stolnicu Y1 - 2016/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/9/813.abstract N2 - Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is common in children in tropical and subtropical areas but exceptionally rare in temperate zones.1 We report a case of CLM in a child from a temperate climate country.An 8-year-old boy was seen with a facial skin eruption. The boy lived in an industrialised city in Romania, but spent 2 months of his summer holidays in a rural village, 150 km away, playing with cats and dogs. Initial pruritus on the left cheek was followed by progressive serpiginous erythematous papules along the left aspect of … ER -