Cutaneous Loxoscelism in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Presentation

Abstract

Introduction: We present the case of a 5-year-old schoolboy with a cutaneous loxoscelism. Loxoscelism is defined as the clinical picture of poisoning after the bite of a spider of the genus Loxosceles. There are two well-defined medical variants: cutaneous and systemic loxoscelism, both of which are of great medical interest because of the clinical manifestations triggered by the potential cytotoxic poison of the loxosceles spider. Objectives: The aim of this publication is to report a clinical case of cutaneous loxoscelism in a pediatric patient, accompanied by an extensive review of the subject to explain its characteristics. clinical aspects, appropriate management, expected evolution, as well as its prognosis. Conclusions: Cutaneous loxoscelism should be suspected when there is evidence of a dermonecrotic lesion or, when photographic or in-person evidence of the spider is shown.