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[Auricular myiasis cause by Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) (Coquerel, 1858)]
Patricia Neira1, Nelson Muñoz, Daniel Cantero
1Cátedra de Parasitología, Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Hontaneda 2653, Valparaíso, Chile POBox 92-V, Valparaíso, Chile. patricia.neira@uv.cl
Revista Medica De Chile
|October 4, 2002
Abstract:
We report a 37 years old male, coming from Paraguay, who consulted for tinnitus, hearing loss, foreign body sensation and pain in the left ear. He informed that a fly entered into his external auditive channel, five days before consulting. We observed the destruction of the tympanic membrane and 22 live larvae were extracted. Following the larval extraction, these injuries evolved to complete resolution. Larvae were identified as pertaining to the genus Cochliomyia hominivorax.