Ophthalmomyiasis in a child.
A 4-year-old child presented with a 3-week history of left eye swelling. The periorbital inflammation was a result of a larva of the human botfly, Dermatobia hominis. Surgical extraction of the larva was curative.
Emborsky
Mary E
ME
State University of New York School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Buffalo and the Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Faden
Howard
H
D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004175:Diptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome