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Case Reports
. 2003 May;9(3):158-9.
doi: 10.1034/j.1601-0825.2003.03942.x.

Noma (cancrum oris) associated with oral myiasis in an adult

A M M Aguiar  1 , C O Enwonwu, F R Pires
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Noma (cancrum oris) associated with oral myiasis in an adult

A M M Aguiar et al. Oral Dis. 2003 May.

Abstract

Noma is a devastating oro-facial necrotic condition affecting debilitated subjects. Oral myiasis is an infectious disease caused by deposition of larval flies in oral wounds and lesions. Oro-facial noma-myiasis association has not been previously reported in the literature. The aim of this paper is to report a case of noma associated with myiasis in a 65-year-old Brazilian male.

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