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Cytology of the exudate or skin scrapings frequently reveal larvae but biopsy is recommended because Habronema larvae commonly invade skin lesions with another underlying cause such as infectious granulomas, sarcoids and ulcerative dermatitis.   
 
Cytology of the exudate or skin scrapings frequently reveal larvae but biopsy is recommended because Habronema larvae commonly invade skin lesions with another underlying cause such as infectious granulomas, sarcoids and ulcerative dermatitis.   
 
===Biopsy===
 
===Biopsy===
Biopsy will reveal nodular/diffuse granulomatous dermatitis with eosinophilic infiltrates and mast cells. Necrotic foci with multiple nemotode larvae, and granulation tissue with [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] along the ulcerated surface are also characteristic.
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Biopsy will reveal nodular/diffuse granulomatous dermatitis with eosinophilic infiltrates and mast cells. Necrotic foci with multiple nematode larvae and granulation tissue with [[Neutrophils|neutrophils]] along the ulcerated surface are also characteristic.
    
==Treatment==
 
==Treatment==
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