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Oral Myiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana in Anterior Maxilla
Joint Authors
Kumar, Boddu Naresh
Daniel, M. Jonathan
Malik, Rohit
Shetty, Raju Singam
Rai, Shalu
Sumalatha, C. H.
Aggarwal, Ankur
Srikanth, E.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-04-29
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Oral myiasis is a rare pathology and is associated with poor oral hygiene, alcoholism, senility, suppurating lesions, and severe halitosis.
It arises from invasion of body tissues or cavities of living animals by maggots or larvae of certain dipterian flies.
It is mostly reported in developing countries and in the tropics.
We hereby report a rare case of oral myiasis in a 70-year-old female with extensive necrotic oral lesion burrowing into the hard palate through which numerous live maggots (larvae) and seen emerging out and discuss the definition, etiology, predisposing factors, classification, and management of the same.
Furthermore, the life cycle of the causative organism in the present case, that is, Chrysomya bezziana, has also been discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Aggarwal, Ankur& Daniel, M. Jonathan& Shetty, Raju Singam& Kumar, Boddu Naresh& Sumalatha, C. H.& Srikanth, E.…[et al.]. 2014. Oral Myiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana in Anterior Maxilla. Case Reports in Dentistry،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Aggarwal, Ankur…[et al.]. Oral Myiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana in Anterior Maxilla. Case Reports in Dentistry No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Aggarwal, Ankur& Daniel, M. Jonathan& Shetty, Raju Singam& Kumar, Boddu Naresh& Sumalatha, C. H.& Srikanth, E.…[et al.]. Oral Myiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana in Anterior Maxilla. Case Reports in Dentistry. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-478083