Open AccessDermatobia hominis ‘the human botfly’ presenting as a scalp lesion
Author(s) -
Louise Dunphy,
Vikas Sood
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2018-228310
Subject(s) - medicine , parasitic disease , context (archaeology) , scalp , dermatology , presentation (obstetrics) , differential diagnosis , infectious disease (medical specialty) , parasitic infection , emerging infectious disease , myiasis , disease , pathology , surgery , immunology , ecology , biology , paleontology , larva
Owing to increasing international travel, physicians will encounter more infectious diseases acquired overseas, which may be bacterial, fungal or parasitic in nature. 1 Knowledge of the geographic distribution of specific diseases permits the formulation of a differential diagnosis in the context of clinical presentation. Parasitic infestations of the maxillofacial tissues can be caused by a host of different ectoparasites, for example, myiasis, a frequently misdiagnosed disease of tourists returning from exotic locations. For those natives and travellers who are subject to these 'infestations', the experience can be both alarming and very distressing.