Nodular skin lesion in a returning traveler.
As tropical countries become common travelers' destinations, more and more returning travelers are expected to present with cutaneous lesions secondary to myiasis. The skin lesion starts as a small red papule and gradually enlarges to become a furuncle. Familiarity with the characteristic clinical presentation and proper management would avoid an unnecessary diagnostic work-up and therapeutic intervention, including surgery and the use of antibiotics.
Siraj
Dawd S
DS
Department of Infectious Diseases, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858, USA.
Luczkovich
Joseph
J
D000818:Animals; D001531:Belize; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012535:Scalp; D012782:Shoulder; D014195:Travel