title: External ophthalmomyiasis caused by Oestrus ovis.
abstract: A 16-year-old White girl presented with a foreign-body sensation in her right eye. Seven Oestrus ovis maggots were removed with the aid of a cotton wool-tipped probe. The subsequent history has been quite uneventful. This appears to be the fifth reported case of ophthalmomyiasis externa in southern Africa.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005129:Eye Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans