Oral myiasis in a child by the reindeer warble fly larva Hypoderma tarandi.
We describe a case of human oral myiasis by a first-stage larva of the reindeer warble fly, Hypoderma (Oedemagena) tarandi (L.) (Diptera: Oestridae), in a 12-year-old girl. In September the patient complained of erythema, swelling and conjunctivitis of the right eyelid. Symptoms subsided spontaneously but re-occurred in October. In December she presented with acute swelling of the right corner of the mouth. Later that day a living larva protruded from this swelling. The patient had been on vacation in Norway during the previous summer months.
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Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. t.faber@umcutrecht.nl
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D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009664:Norway