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Case Reports
. 2015 May-Jun;81(3):336-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2015.01.005. Epub 2015 Apr 1.

Cavitary myiasis mimicking peritonsilar abscess

Marcos Aurélio Araújo Silveira  1 , Sebastião Diógenes Pinheiro  2 , Viviane Carvalho da Silva  3 , Mateus Aguiar de Azevedo  4 , Raphael Oliveira Correia  4
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Cavitary myiasis mimicking peritonsilar abscess

Marcos Aurélio Araújo Silveira et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2015 May-Jun.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
Larva penetrating the oral cavity through the soft palate. Computed tomography (CT) of the paranasal sinuses in coronal (B) and axial (C) views, showing volume reduction of inferior turbinates and material with soft tissue density in maxillary, ethmoid, and sphenoid sinuses; radiopaque material is observed, as a consequence of the deposition of iodoform; (D) pulmonary CT showing lung opacity in posterior thirds of both lungs.
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