1990 Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 3-9
We reported three cases of tick bite (Ixodes ovatus) which affected right chest of 47-year-old male, left clavicular region of 49-year-old female and right shoulder of 6-year-old boy. In addition, we observed the insert site of 49-year-old female using scanning electron microscopy. In all cases, erythema around the insert site was found. Histologically, degeneration of dermal collagen fiber, dense inflmmatory cell infiltration, dominantly composed of lymphocytes and histiocytes, were found. Scanning electron microscopically, hypostome in dermis and degeneration of adjacent collagen fiber were seen. Reported cases about tick bite have been increasing year after year, and complications have been focused. In order to treat tick bite, excision of affected skin with tick is most recommended.
