title: [One case of human nasal myiasis].
abstract: Human myiasis is caused by the parasitic maggots of flies. We report a case of nasal myiasis in a 37-year-old woman in Henan. The patient presented with nasal foreign-body sensation, nansal itching sneezing, snuffle and such allergic symptoms in nasal cavity. Based on maggots that were bowed from the right nasal cavity, a detailed endoscopic examination, sinus CT scan and identification of the maggot's species done by parapsychologists of the parasitology teaching and reseach section of the Zhengzhou University School of Medicine, the diagnosis of human nasal infestation by oestrus ovis was definited.
authors.forename: Hongxia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yulin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva; D009198:Myiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009666:Nose / Q000469:parasitology; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*