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Case Reports
. 2009 Dec;41(3):194-6.

Aural Myiasis by Wohlfahrtia magnifica: Case Report

Halil Yazgi  1 , M Hamidullah Uyanik  1 , Ozgur Yoruk  2 , Irfan Aslan  3
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Aural Myiasis by Wohlfahrtia magnifica: Case Report

Halil Yazgi et al. Eurasian J Med. 2009 Dec.

Abstract
in English, Turkish

A 5-year-old child living in Erzurum, Turkey, complaining of otalgia, otorrhea and pruritus in the right ear for three days, was examined. Otoscopic examination at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology revealed live maggots in the external auditory canal. Ten maggots were recovered and were identified as third stage larvae of Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Local and systemic antibiotic therapies were applied. No pathological findings were present at the follow-up examination after 15 days of therapy.

Erzurum’da yaşamakta olan 5 yaşındaki bir erkek çocukta 3 gündür sağ kulakta ağrı, akıntı ve kaşınma yakınması bulunmaktaydı. Kulak Burun Boğaz polikliniğinde yapılan muayenesinde sağ dış kulak yolunda sinek kurtçuklarına rastlandı. Dış kulak yoluna yapılan girişimsel uygulama ile 10 tane kurtçuk çıkarıldı. Çıkarılan kurtçuklar 3. Dönem Wohlfahrtia magnifica (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) olarak tanımlandı. Kurtçuklar çıkarıldıktan sınra hastaya lokal ve sistemik antibiyotik tedavisi uygulandı. Tedaviden 15 gün sonra yapılan kontrol muayenesinde herhangi bir patolojik bulguya rastlanmadı.

Keywords: Diptera; Myiasis; Otalgia; Otorrhea; Wohlfahrtia magnifica.

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Figures

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Fig. 1
Size of the larva.
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Fig. 2
Light microscopic image of cephalopharyngeal skeleton of 3rd instar larva of Wohlfahrtia magnifica.
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