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- Title
Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by a Phormia sp. (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Larva in an Enucleated Patient.
- Authors
Jae-Soo Kim; Jong-Wan Kim; Hye-Jung Lee; In-Yong Lee; Sang-Ah Oh; Min Seo
- Abstract
Ophthalmomyiasis rarely occurs worldwide, and has not bean reported in Korea. We present here a case of ophthalmomyiasis caused by Phormia sp. fly larva in an enucleated eye of a patient. In June 2010, a 50-year-old man was admitted to Dankook University Hospital for surgical excision of a malignant melanoma located in the right auricular area. He had a clinical history of enucleation of his right eye due to squamous cell carcinoma 5 years ago. During hospitalization, foreign body sensation developed in his right eye, and close examination revealed a fly larva inside the eye, which was evacuated. The larva was proved to be Phormia sp. based on the morphology of the posterior spiracle. Subsequently, no larva was found, and the postoperative course was uneventful without any complaints of further myiasis. This is the first case of ophthalmomyiasis among the literature in Korea, and also the first myiasis case caused by Phormia sp. in Korea.
- Subjects
KOREA; BLOWFLIES; MELANOMA; PHORMIA; SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma; MORPHOLOGY; MYIASIS
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2011, Vol 49, Issue 2, p173
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2011.49.2.173