Myiasis from Dermatobia hominis, located on the lower lip in a pediatric patient: Case report
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| Autori: | , |
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| Natura: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2026 |
| Descrizione: | 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. |
| Stato: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Istituzione: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lingua: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/2842 |
| Accesso online: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rmedica/article/view/2842 |
| Keyword: | Dermatobia hominis, Infestación tropical, miasis, parasitosis Dermatobia hominis Infección tropical miasis parasitosis |