Myiasis in Ulcerated Breast Carcinoma: First Case Record in Myanmar

Myiasis is an infestation of maggot, which is frequently associated with poor personal hygiene and environmental sanitation. A 78-year-old female breast cancer patient visited clinic complaining of irritation, itching, and pain within the ulcerous cancer lesion for 3 weeks. Many maggots were found i...

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Autores principales: Wai, Aung Phyo, Maw, Win Win, Boonmars, Thidarut
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9058279/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35500896
http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2022.60.2.139
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description Myiasis is an infestation of maggot, which is frequently associated with poor personal hygiene and environmental sanitation. A 78-year-old female breast cancer patient visited clinic complaining of irritation, itching, and pain within the ulcerous cancer lesion for 3 weeks. Many maggots were found in the lesion. A total of 30 maggots were removed and identified to be 3rd stage of larvae of metallic fly. This is the first case of wound myiasis in advanced breast carcinoma as a complication of untreated or drug-induced ulcer.
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spelling pubmed-90582792022-05-09 Myiasis in Ulcerated Breast Carcinoma: First Case Record in Myanmar Wai, Aung Phyo Maw, Win Win Boonmars, Thidarut Korean J Parasitol Case Report Myiasis is an infestation of maggot, which is frequently associated with poor personal hygiene and environmental sanitation. A 78-year-old female breast cancer patient visited clinic complaining of irritation, itching, and pain within the ulcerous cancer lesion for 3 weeks. Many maggots were found in the lesion. A total of 30 maggots were removed and identified to be 3rd stage of larvae of metallic fly. This is the first case of wound myiasis in advanced breast carcinoma as a complication of untreated or drug-induced ulcer. The Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2022-04 2022-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9058279/ /pubmed/35500896 http://dx.doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2022.60.2.139 Text en © 2022, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9058279/
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