title: Facial myiasis and canthariasis associated with systemic lupus panniculitis: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Infestation of insects can cause myiasis due to dipetran larvae and canthariasis due to coleopteran larval or adult stages.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of facial myiasis and canthariasis in a patient known to have panniculitis due to systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune hemolytic anemia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Larval and pupal stages of insects were recovered from the face of a patient, mounted, and identified.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Initially, the pupal stage of the common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata was extracted from the patient's face, treated, and then came back with secondary infestation caused by two species of beetles, the drugstore beetle, Stegobium paniceum, and a beetle of the genus Trogoderma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first report on facial canthariasis due to larval stages caused by two species of beetles and recovery of pupal stages of the common green bottle fly.
authors: Dermatology Department, King Hussein Medical Center, Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan.
authors: Ra'ed
authors: R
authors: Smadi
authors: Zuhair S
authors: ZS
authors: Amr
authors: Ahmad
authors: A
authors: Katbeh-Bader
authors: Nidal
authors: N
authors: Obidat
authors: Mohammad
authors: M
authors: Tawarah
authors: Hazem
authors: H
authors: Hasan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D004175:Diptera; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009198:Myiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy; D015435:Panniculitis, Lupus Erythematosus / Q000150:complications*