Aural Myiasis: A Case Report on a Rare Entity

Myiasis is the infestation of live vertebrates with dipterous larvae. It is a rare entity in the otolaryngology and is more common to occur in patients with mental or physical disabilities. There are only few cases reported in the literature, and most cases are seen in tropical and rural areas. In t...

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Autores principales: Rummens, Ellen, Van der Mieren, Gerry, Van Rompaey, Vincent, Piessens, Peter, Somville, Francis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Otolaryngology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7584293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33123431
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10617
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author Rummens, Ellen
Van der Mieren, Gerry
Van Rompaey, Vincent
Piessens, Peter
Somville, Francis
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description Myiasis is the infestation of live vertebrates with dipterous larvae. It is a rare entity in the otolaryngology and is more common to occur in patients with mental or physical disabilities. There are only few cases reported in the literature, and most cases are seen in tropical and rural areas. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old patient, with a history of parotid malignancy, who presented with aural myiasis with extension to the mastoid. We discuss the clinical presentation, the further examinations, and the treatment for early- and late-stage infection.
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spelling pubmed-75842932020-10-28 Aural Myiasis: A Case Report on a Rare Entity Rummens, Ellen Van der Mieren, Gerry Van Rompaey, Vincent Piessens, Peter Somville, Francis Cureus Otolaryngology Myiasis is the infestation of live vertebrates with dipterous larvae. It is a rare entity in the otolaryngology and is more common to occur in patients with mental or physical disabilities. There are only few cases reported in the literature, and most cases are seen in tropical and rural areas. In this case report, we present a 65-year-old patient, with a history of parotid malignancy, who presented with aural myiasis with extension to the mastoid. We discuss the clinical presentation, the further examinations, and the treatment for early- and late-stage infection. Cureus 2020-09-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7584293/ /pubmed/33123431 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10617 Text en Copyright © 2020, Rummens et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Rummens, Ellen
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Aural Myiasis: A Case Report on a Rare Entity
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title_short Aural Myiasis: A Case Report on a Rare Entity
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topic Otolaryngology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7584293/
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