Abstract

CASAS PEREZ, Lyane; MARTIN MARTINEZ, Jorge G  and  NOA BARRIOS, Aime. A case of myasis orbitalis. AMC [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.5. ISSN 1025-0255.

A case of an eighty three year-old, white race, masculine patient, with antecedents of Parkinson´s disease is presented with a deep right myasis orbitalis produced by the borer worm of the Cochlimyia hominivorax fly. The clinical picture is described,  abundant larvae in a necrotic area of the right upper eyelid, with fetidity and no sensation that allowed to carry out the toilette of urgency without the use of any anesthetic. He was interconsulted by a group of specialists of different matters and it was determined that the best option was the enucleation of the eyeball and necrectomy of the affected area next to an ethmoidectomy with the objective of eliminating the biggest quantity of larvae. The patient after been operated evolved favorably.

Keywords : myiasis [parasitology]; myiasis [transmission]; orbit [parasitology].

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