Dermatobia hominis infestation

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A patient is reported who, after leaving Venezuela, developed some boils on the left upper limb inhabited by Dermatobis hominis larvae. The curious life-cycle of this tropical fly is described with some considerations about the diagnostic problem. A simple unreported way of larvae extraction is suggested.

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Nunzi, E., Rongioletti, F., & Rebora, A. (1984). Dermatobia hominis infestation. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 60(700), 162–163. https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.60.700.162

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