A RARE CASE OF PALATINAL ORAL MYIASIS CAUSED BY WOHLFAHRTIA MAGNIFICA

Myiasis (from the Greek word for fly, myia) is an uncommon disease in human caused by fly larvae. Especially, oral myiasis is very rare condition in healthy persons; it is usually associated with poor public and personal hygiene. Most of the patients with oral myiasis were reported from the tropical countries with low socioeconomic status; however, sporadic cases were occurred in developed countries. We present here a case of oral myiasis in a healthy 4 -year-old boy. Three maggots found in anterior maxillary palatal gingival sulcus of upper incisors. All maggots were removed manually with clinical forceps. The larvaes were identified as the third stage larvae of Wohlfahrtia Magnifica (Diptera; sarcophagidea). The healing was uneventful. WOHLFAHRTIA MAGNIFICA KAYNAKLI NADIR BIR PALATINAL ORAL MIYAZ VAKASI OZET Miyaz (Yunanca’da sinek icin kullanilan myia kelimesinden) sinek larvalarinin sebep oldugu nadir gorulen bir hastaliktir. Ozellikle oral miyaz saglikli insanlarda cok nadirdir ve genellikle kotu toplumsal ve kisisel hijyen ile iliskilidir. Oral miyaza sahip hastalarin bircogunun dusuk sosyo-ekonomik seviyeli tropikal ulkelerde rapor edilmesine ragmen, gelismis ulkelerde de nadir vakalar gorulmustur. Bu makalede 4 yasindaki bir erkek cocukta gorulen oral miyaz vakasi sunulmaktadir. Hastada ust kesicilerin palatal dis eti olugunda uc adet sinek kurdu bulunmustur. Kutcuklar manuel olarak klinik forceps ile uzaklastirilmistir. Kurtcuklarin sebebinin Wohlfahrtia Magnifica 3. donem larvalari oldugu tespit edilmistir. Hastamizda iyilesme sorunsuz olarak gerceklesmistir.