Oral Myiasis: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review

Myiasis is a rare disease caused by infestation of tissue by larvae of flies. Oral myiasis is still “rare” and “unique” owing to the fact that oral cavity rarely provides the necessary habitat for a larval lifecycle. Herein, we present a case of extensive gingival myiasis in a 12-year-old mentally r...

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Autores principales: Shikha, Singh, Prasad Guru, R, Ashutoshdutt, Pathak, Meenakshi, Sood
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26884780
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author Shikha, Singh
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description Myiasis is a rare disease caused by infestation of tissue by larvae of flies. Oral myiasis is still “rare” and “unique” owing to the fact that oral cavity rarely provides the necessary habitat for a larval lifecycle. Herein, we present a case of extensive gingival myiasis in a 12-year-old mentally retarded, epileptic child as well as a literature review.
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spelling pubmed-47545722016-02-16 Oral Myiasis: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review Shikha, Singh Prasad Guru, R Ashutoshdutt, Pathak Meenakshi, Sood J Dent (Tehran) Case Report Myiasis is a rare disease caused by infestation of tissue by larvae of flies. Oral myiasis is still “rare” and “unique” owing to the fact that oral cavity rarely provides the necessary habitat for a larval lifecycle. Herein, we present a case of extensive gingival myiasis in a 12-year-old mentally retarded, epileptic child as well as a literature review. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2015-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4754572/ /pubmed/26884780 Text en Copyright© Dental Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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