A 37-year-old man went to his primary care doctor complaining of fever, nausea, and abdominal pain. He had attributed these symptoms to his recent trip to Japan, where he ate lots of new foods along with old favorites like sushi. However, when a pruritic, serpiginous lesion appeared on his flank, he became concerned.
Could it be cutaneous larva migrans? Gnathostomiasis? Loiasis? Strongyloidiasis?
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