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NORIEGA MARTINEZ, Justo Luis et al. Ophthalmomiasis. Rev Cubana Oftalmol [online]. 2021, vol.34, n.1  Epub 01-Mar-2021. ISSN 1561-3070.

Ophthalmomiasis is a rare disease, caused by arthropods; in this case by the adult fly. We present the case of a 44-year-old female patient, with a history of severe immunosuppression secondary to HIV, who was treated at the Ophthalmology Service for ocular discomfort. She presented a circumscribed increase in volume in the conjunctiva that extended over the nasal cornea of ​​the left eye, with a pearly white, tarnished appearance. Excision of the lesion and cryotherapy were performed. Subsequently, mitomycin C eye drops were applied. Seven months later, the patient returned to the consultation with a frank and severe complication of the lesion, with destruction of the tissues of the orbit and multiple caverns occupied by hundreds of fly larvae.

Palabras clave : Myiasis; larvae; flies; arthropods.

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