A case of lung myiasis caused by larvae of Megaselia spiracularis Schmitz (Diptera: Phoridae).
A 19-year-old Japanese man in good health was found on a routine chest X-ray to have considerable lung abnormalities. An open lung biopsy was performed and 30 third-instar larvae of Megaselia spiracularis Schmitz were found in the suction tube postoperatively. This appears to be the first recorded case of lung myiasis.
D000328:Adult; D004175:Diptera; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008174:Lung Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography