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Oral Myiasis - a Case Report


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1 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India
3 Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India
     

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Oral Myiasis is a rare pathology caused by infestation of living tissues by larvae of Diptera fly (two winged). This clinical condition is more prevalent in tropical climates, with a higher risk of infestation in individuals with poor hygienic conditions, suppurative oral lesions, senility, mouth breathing during sleep, alcoholism, paralysis. This article presents a case of oral myiasis in a 9 year old girl with severe neurological deficit.

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Myiasis, Diptera, Maggots
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Authors

R Kamala
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
Shoyeb Shaikh
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India
Abhishek Sinha
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India
Arti Saluja Sachdev
Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, UP, India

Abstract


Oral Myiasis is a rare pathology caused by infestation of living tissues by larvae of Diptera fly (two winged). This clinical condition is more prevalent in tropical climates, with a higher risk of infestation in individuals with poor hygienic conditions, suppurative oral lesions, senility, mouth breathing during sleep, alcoholism, paralysis. This article presents a case of oral myiasis in a 9 year old girl with severe neurological deficit.

Keywords


Myiasis, Diptera, Maggots

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