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Allergic contact dermatitis

A linear pattern can occur in ACD (e.g., from poison ivy), but it is a vesicular, eczematous eruption, not a serpiginous, migratory, thread-like track.

Hookworm

This term is often used for the causative organism (Ancylostoma); cutaneous larva migrans is the name of the skin manifestation itself.

Larva currens

This is a specific, extremely rapid (cm/hour) form of cutaneous larva migrans caused by Strongyloides, distinguished by its speed of migration.

Myiasis

This is an infestation by fly larvae, which typically causes a furuncular (boil-like) lesion with a central punctum where the larva breathes, not a linear tract.

Scabies

Scabies burrows are much smaller, shorter, and are associated with intense generalized itching, whereas the track of cutaneous larva migrans is a longer, more defined, and less pruritic migratory line.

Tinea corporis

Ringworm presents as a scaly, annular plaque, not a mobile, linear, serpiginous burrow.

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