Myiasis from Dermatobia hominis, located on the lower lip in a pediatric patient: Case report
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Estat: | Versión publicada |
| Data de publicació: | 2026 |
| Descripció: | Myiasis is a parasitic disease that can occur in both humans and animals. This is caused by eggs of dipteran flies. This paper describes a pediatric case of patient with oral myiasis manifested as a furunculous lesion, which was extracted in a dental office and sent to pathology with a diagnosis of myiasis due to Dermatobia hominis with satisfactory evolution. A case review is carried out as well as national and international literature. |
| Pais: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institution: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Idioma: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/2842 |
| Accés en línia: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rmedica/article/view/2842 |
| Paraula clau: | Dermatobia hominis, Infestación tropical, miasis, parasitosis Dermatobia hominis Infección tropical miasis parasitosis |