title: Eosinophilic Pneumonia in a Patient with Bronchial Myiasis: Case report and literature review.
abstract: Pulmonary myiasis is an unusual form of myiasis in humans and has been recently identified as a cause of eosinophilic pneumonia. We report the case of a 13-year-old Omani boy who presented to the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, in October 2014 with respiratory distress. Bronchial aspirates revealed features of eosinophilic pneumonia. Possible larvae identified in the cytology report, a high immunoglobulin E level and the patient history all indicated bronchial myiasis. The patient was treated with steroids and ventilation and has since been disease-free with no long-term side-effects. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first case of bronchial myiasis in Oman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Arindom
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aich
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Suad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Ismaili
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Fatma A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Ramadhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Talal H M
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Al-Wardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Quasem
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Al-Salmi
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
authors.forename: Hilal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Al-Hashami
keywords: Case Report; Eosinophilic Pneumonia; Myiasis; Oman