title: [Human cutaneous myiasis: a case report].
abstract: Myiasis is a self-limiting infestion of tissues by fly larvae commonly referred as maggots. A case of cutaneous myiasis in a 61 year old woman admitted to the Department of Emergency of S. Giovanni Hospital in Rome (Italy) is reported in the present note. The patient, a religious sister, returned to Rome from a mission trip of few weeks in Edea (Cameroon, Africa), was suffering from a subclavicular furuncular skin lesion; one maggot was surgically removed and submitted for parasitological examination. Based on the maggot shape and size, the travel history and the clinical presentation, a maggot of Cordylobia spp. has been identified (Calliphoridae, Diptera). This case calls for an awareness of its possibility as a cause of furuncular skin lesion, particularly in subjects returning from an endemic country for Cordylobia spp. (Africa).
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni-Addolorata, Roma, Italia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pica
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castellano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pignata
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ipri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002163:Cameroon; D004175:Diptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012384:Rome / Q000208:ethnology; D014195:Travel