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MEDISAN

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DUENAS MOREIRA, Odeite; GAMEZ SANCHEZ, Donelia  y  GONZALEZ GUERRA, Quenia Mercedes. Cutaneous myiasis in an elderly from an ecuatorian rural community. MEDISAN [online]. 2017, vol.21, n.5, pp.590-594. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a 70 years elderly is described. He went to "Ramón Campaña" Health Center in Pangua district, Cotopaxi, Ecuador due to an acute pain in the left dorsal region, a bulging with the feeling that something was eating him from inside and diffuse discomfort. In the physical examination, a 6-7 cm diameter furuncle was detected in the left scapular zone, with erythematosus-edematosus look, hot and painful when touched, with an ulcerated central hole where a larva was observed. A cutaneous myiasis was diagnosed, the larva was removed and local disinfection, antinflammatory drugs and antibiotic therapy were indicated

Palabras clave : cutaneous myiasis; parasitary cutaneous diseases; dermatosis.

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