Resumen

PEREZ M, Lizbet C  y  ARCE V, José D. NODULOS PARASITARIOS CUTÁNEOS: ESTUDIO ULTRASONOGRAFICO DE TRES CASOS POCO FRECUENTES EN LA EDAD PEDIÁTRICA. Rev. chil. radiol. [online]. 2007, vol.13, n.3, pp.163-168. ISSN 0717-9308.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-93082007000300009.

The parasitic nodules are part of the cutaneous manifestations of the parasitic diseases, fundamentally affect children. We report the clinic history, study by images and parasitological results of three infrequent parasitic cases in the pediatric age, which were studied with images, specially ultrasound, and this contributed somehow to the diagnosis. The final parasitological diagnoses were dirofilaria, toxocara and myiasis. The epidemiology, clinical and dermatológica! manifestations are discussed of each one

Palabras clave : Dirofilaria; Parasitic cutaneous nodules; Myiasis; Toxocara; Ultrasound.