We report a case of myiasis of a rectocutaneous fistula in a subject suffering from bone metastases after surgical resection of a neoplastic bladder The fistula was infested by maggots identified as third-instar larvae of flies belonging to the family Sarcophagidae, genus Sarcophaga. The infestation was neither intestinal nor pseudointestinal; it was probably caused by a fly ovipositing on the fistula of the patient while having wound care at home, even though the possibility that the infestation might have occurred during hospitalization cannot be ruled out.
Myiasis of a perineal fistula / E. M., Zardi; Bernardi, Albertina; A., Picardi; S., Costantino; Petrarca, Vincenzo; Albertina, Bernardi. - In: PARASSITOLOGIA. - ISSN 0048-2951. - STAMPA. - 44:3-4(2002), pp. 201-202.
Myiasis of a perineal fistula
BERNARDI, Albertina;PETRARCA, Vincenzo;
2002
Abstract
We report a case of myiasis of a rectocutaneous fistula in a subject suffering from bone metastases after surgical resection of a neoplastic bladder The fistula was infested by maggots identified as third-instar larvae of flies belonging to the family Sarcophagidae, genus Sarcophaga. The infestation was neither intestinal nor pseudointestinal; it was probably caused by a fly ovipositing on the fistula of the patient while having wound care at home, even though the possibility that the infestation might have occurred during hospitalization cannot be ruled out.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
