Myiasis with Dermatobia hominis in a Sicilian traveller returning from Peru.
We report a case of a bot fly infestation of the scalp. A 45-year-old man after returning to Sicily noted a small white "worm" erupting from the upper lesion. Physical examination revealed a superficial furuncular lesion with central pores with sero-sanguineous discharge. The foreign body identified was diagnosed as the larva of the human bot fly, Dermatobia hominis.
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Department of Dermatology, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 131, 90127 Palermo, Italy. ISTDERM@UNIPA.IT
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D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004175:Diptera; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D010568:Peru; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012802:Sicily; D014195:Travel