Primary oral myiasis: a case report

• Jyothi Sharma ^[1] ; Gowda Panchaksharappa Mamatha ^[1] ; Rachana Acharya ^[1]
  1. [1] Darshan Dental College and Hospital

     Darshan Dental College and Hospital

     India

     
• Localización: Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal. Ed. inglesa, ISSN-e 1698-6946, Vol. 13, Nº. 11 (November), 2008
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Myiasis is the infestation of live human and vertebrate animal with dipterous larvae which feed on the host’s dead or living tissue. A case of oral myiasis in the maxillary anterior region in a 42-year-old female with neurologic deficit caused by the larvae (maggots) of Musca Nebulo (Family Diptera) is reported. The treatment consisted of manual removal of the larvae by topical application of turpentine oil, oral therapy with ivermectin and surgical debridement of the oral wound.