creep·ing eruption 'krē-piŋ- n a human skin disorder that is characterized by a red line of eruption which fades at one end as it progresses at the other and that is usu. caused by insect or worm larvae and esp. those of the dog hookworm burrowing in the deeper layers of the skin called also larval migrans, larva migrans
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a skin disease caused either by larvae of certain nematode worms (e.g. Ancylostoma braziliense) normally parasitic in dogs and cats or by the maggots of certain flies (see Hypoderma, Gasterophilus). The larvae burrow within the skin tissues, their movements marked by long thin red lines that cause the patient intense irritation. The nematode infections are treated with albendazole or ivermectin; maggots can be surgically removed.
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1. the development of migratory lesions corresponding to the movements of parasites beneath the skin of a human or other animal, such as occurs in 2. cutaneous larva migrans and cutaneous myiasis. cutaneous larva migrans.Medical dictionary. 2011.