Author/Editor		Logar, Jernej; Marinič-Fišer, Nataša
Title		Cutaneous myiasis caused by Hypoderma lineatum
Type		članek
Source		Wien Klin Wochenschr
Vol. and No.		Letnik 120
Publication year		2008
Volume		str. 619-21
Language		eng
Abstract		Cutancous myiasis is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin of domestic and wild animals and occasionally of humans by the larvae of flies. Larvae of many Vies from various geographic areas can cause myiasis: in Central and South America, human cutaneous myiasis is mainly caused by the larvae of Dermatobia hominds; in Africa, by the larvae of Cordylo bia anthropophaga; in the northern hemisphere (North America, P,urope, Africa and Asia), by the larvae of Hypoderma spp. A case of cutaneous myiasis in a 47-yearold woman, co-authorof the present report, is described. She returned to Slovenia from a three-week trip to Ladakh in Northern India. The parasite, nested in tumor-like swelling about 1-2 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm high in her neck, was removed. The parasite was identified by its morphological characteristics as the larva of Hypoderma lineatum. After the removal of the larva, which was yellowish-white, oval-shaped and about 6 mm long and 1.5 mm wicic, the lesion healed in two weeks without further treatment. Clinical and laboratory staff will need to be alert in the future, not only to myiasis caused by Dermatobia and Cordylobia larvae Lrom tropical and subtropical areas but also to Hypoderma larvae from the Himalayan area from where the patient returned to Slovenia.
Descriptors		HYPODERMYIASIS DIPTERA MIDDLE AGE