1. A Case of Cutaneous Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga Larvae in a Korean Traveler Returning from Central Africa
- Author
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In-Yong Lee, Joo Yeon Ko, Jae-Sook Ryu, Jae Min Shin, and Byeong Jin Park
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cordylobia anthropophaga ,030231 tropical medicine ,Case Report ,Thigh ,Cutaneous myiasis ,Lesion ,Myiasis ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Africa, Central ,Skin Diseases, Parasitic ,Skin ,Travel ,Central Africa ,Asian ,biology ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,cutaneous ,business.industry ,Diptera ,Central africa ,Middle Aged ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Dermatology ,Treatment Outcome ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Larva ,Left buttock ,Skin biopsy ,Parasitology ,medicine.symptom ,Travel-Related Illness ,business ,human activities - Abstract
The cutaneous myiasis has been rarely reported in the Republic of Korea. We intended to describe here a case of furuncular cutaneous myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga larvae in a Korean traveler returned from Central Africa. A patient, 55-year-old man, had traveled to Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa for a month and just returned to Korea. Physical examinations showed 2 tender erythematous nodules with small central ulceration on the left buttock and thigh. During skin biopsy, 2 larvae came out from the lesion. C. anthropophaga was identified by paired mouth hooks (toothed, spade-like, oral hooklets) and 2 posterior spiracles, which lack a distinct chitinous rim. Although rarely described in Korea until now, cutaneous myiasis may be encountered more frequently with increasing international travel and exchange workers to tropical areas.
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- 2018