title: Postoperative cerebral myiasis: A rare cause of wound dehiscence in developing countries.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cerebral myiasis is a rare parasitic disease, especially in postoperative neurological surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of postoperative myiasis in a patient who underwent a craniotomy for resection of metastatic melanoma, evolving with wound dehiscence due to myiasis in the operative wound.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Myiasis infestation should be a differential diagnosis of surgical wound dehiscence, particularly when the classic signs of inflammation are not present and computed tomography of the brain shows signs suggestive of this disease entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Municipal Pimentas Bonsucesso, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliano N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Municipal Pimentas Bonsucesso, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raphael V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Alves
keywords: Myiasis; neurosurgical procedure; postoperative period