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Case Reports
. 2008 Oct;12(5):516-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2008.01.020. Epub 2008 Jul 2.

Myiasis of the upper eyelid

Guy S Missotten  1 , Jayant S Kalpoe, Jan-Geert Bollemeijer, Nicoline E Schalij-Delfos
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Case Reports

Myiasis of the upper eyelid

Guy S Missotten et al. J AAPOS. 2008 Oct.

Abstract

Myiasis rarely occurs in the eyelids. We report a 3-year-old girl with a myiasis of the upper eyelid after a trip to Central America. A 1.5 cm larva of a Dermatobia hominis was excised. Infestation with D. hominis should be suspected when a localized swelling with a central fistula in an eyelid is present in patients who have been to Central and South America.

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