Wound myiasis in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma.
A 60-year-old, otherwise healthy, male farmer presented to our Dermatology Department with a large ulcer on his lower right leg. The lesion had started as a small papule 6 months before, which became eroded and transformed into a rather rapidly progressive ulcer. On careful inspection, numerous larvae were found moving within the wound. The larvae were analyzed and found to be Lucilia sericata (the green bottle blowfly). The lesion was diagnosed histopathologically as squamous cell carcinoma. The myiasis was treated by submerging the wound in a dilute permanganate potassium solution.
Namazi
Mohammad Reza
MR
Dermatology Department, Faghihi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. Namazi_mr@yahoo.com
Fallahzadeh
Mohammad Kazem
MK
D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000469:parasitology*; D004175:Diptera; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009198:Myiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D011196:Potassium Permanganate / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011196:Potassium Permanganate