title: Intracerebral myiasis from Hypoderma bovis larva in a child. Case report.
abstract: Cerebral myiasis with a 10-day history of convulsions due to an intracerebral hematoma caused by a Hypoderma bovis larva is reported in an 8-year-old child. Computerized tomography (CT) showed the hematoma in a right parieto-occipital location. The H. bovis larva and the extensive intracerebral hematoma were discovered during surgery. Among human parasitoses, cerebral myiasis is rare: a review of the literature revealed only two reports, one published in 1969 and one in 1980. This is the first case that has been diagnosed as cerebral myiasis with exact identification of the Hypoderma bovis larva both from the CT scans and at surgery in a patient during life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalelioğlu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aktürk
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aktürk
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Komsuoğlu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuzeyli
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tiğin
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Karaer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bingöl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007000:Hypodermyiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed