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Painful papulovesicles produced by the puss caterpillar
1Department of Dermatology, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, USA.
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|October 7, 1997
Abstract:
A residential gardener complained of immediate stinging when a "fuzzy tan caterpillar" fell across his fingers. He presented with painful hemorrhagic papules on the dorsal aspect of his right hand. Lepidopterism from contact with Megalopyge opercularis is described.