Urogenital Myiasis by Cordylobia Anthropophaga

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• 作者：Aleks ; ra Kovaleva ; Paula Costa Climent ; Consuelo Villalobos B茅cares ; Maria Jos茅 Mart铆n Aza帽a ; Natalia Irishina ; Enrique Iglesias Goy
• 关键词：Foruncular myiasis ; Cordylobia anthropophaga ; Tumbu-fly
• 刊名：Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
• 出版年：December, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：26
• 期：6
• 页码：e123-e125
• 全文大小：465 K

文摘

Background

Cordylobia anthropophaga is one of the most common agents of urogenital myiasis in African tropical regions. A case of vulvar myiasis due to the larvae of Cordylobia anthropophaga in a 16-year-old female is presented with a systematic review of the literature.

Case

A 16-year-old female with a history of recent journey to Senegal presented with a vulvar boil-like inflammatory lesion. A living insect larva was extracted from the lesion. It was identified as a Cordylobia anthropophaga larva.

Summary and Conclusions

Diagnosis of vulvar myiasis must be considered if vulvar boil-like inflammatory papules are found, essentially in travelers to and from endemic countries. The diagnosis is mainly clinical and its management consists of the extraction of the larva.