A Case of a Toddler With Posterior Neck Foreign Body Granuloma Caused by Tick Bite

Abstract

A 3-year-old girl was referred to our department for the resection of a granuloma on her posterior neck. A tick on her neck had been removed by her father. The lesion was excised under general anesthesia. Histopathological examination showed a nodular infiltrate of inflammatory cells in the dermis. Mouth parts of a tick remained in the central part of the granuloma. We recommended the complete resection of the tick or the mouth parts of the tick with the skin to reduce the likelihood of the development of granuloma, abscess and tick-borne infectious diseases.