1. Lund’s Fly Myiasis
- Author
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Potters, Idzi and Huits, Ralph
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cordylobia ,030106 microbiology ,Id Images ,Periorbital Edema ,Furunculous myiasis ,Lesion ,Myiasis ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Lund’s fly ,Edema ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cordylobia rodhaini ,Abscess ,biology ,business.industry ,fungi ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Dermatology ,Skin Abscess ,Infectious Diseases ,Oncology ,furuncular ,medicine.symptom ,business ,human activities - Abstract
A traveler presented with a furuncular skin abscess and periorbital edema. A larva was surgically removed from the abscess and identified as a larva of Cordylobia rodhaini. Myiasis caused by C. rodhaini is called Lund’s fly myiasis and only rarely is reported in humans. After disinfection, the remaining lesion healed without further intervention and the edema resolved.
- Published
- 2019