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Diagnosis: cutaneous myiasis due to dermatobia hominis
European Journal of Dermatology. Volume 11, Number 3, 259-60, May - June 2001, Votre diagnostic !
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Author(s) : B. Guidi, G. Olivetti, G. Sbordoni, A. Garcovich
Summary : A 35-year-old Caucasian female presented with a nodular lesion on her right thigh next to the inguinal region (Fig. 1a). The lesion appeared about three weeks previously, and it had slowly enlarged. A topical antibiotic had been given for about ten days without any improvement. The patient had made a trip to Iguazù falls and Paranà, in Brazil, about six weeks earlier, without noticing any symptom at that time. During the trip she was wearing shorts. On physical examination a nodular red lesion, ulcerated in the center, was observed on the right inguinal region. The lesion was painful and indurated, surrounded by an erythemato-edematous halo.
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Diagnosis: cutaneous myiasis due to dermatobia hominis