title: Dermatobia hominis infestation.
abstract: A patient is reported who, after leaving Venezuela, developed some boils on the left upper limb inhabited by Dermatobia hominis larvae. The curious life-cycle of this tropical fly is described with some considerations about the diagnostic problem. A simple unreported way of larvae extraction is suggested.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004175:Diptera; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*