In recent years, injuries resulting from human contact with Lepidoptera species have
become an increasing health problem in different regions around the world, occasionally …

We present a case report of a 5-year-old boy with presumed anaphylaxis to the caterpillar,
Lophocampa maculata, manifesting as the acute development of diffuse urticaria and …

Lepidoptera species are widely distributed around the world and the majority of medically
important envenoming occurs after the contact of human skin with the hairs or bristles of the …

Lepidoptera, the second largest class of Insecta with over 180,000 species, is comprised of
moths and butterflies, and their respective caterpillars. Lepidopteran reactions are the result …

Foreign body ingestion is a common childhood problem. The most common objects are
coins and food, however, as young children explore their world by placing objects in their …