Human external ophthalmomyiasis caused by the horse bot fly larva (Gasterophilus spp.).
We report the case of a 20-year-old woman who presented with a subconjunctival maggot. The maggot was removed and identified as the larval form of the horse bot fly (Gasterophilus spp.). The patient had been grooming infected horses in a stable prior to presentation. To our knowledge, this is the first well documented case in the ophthalmic literature of external ophthalmomyiasis caused by Gasterophilus spp.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D009198:Myiasis / Q000469:parasitology*