An Unusual Case of Pre-Auricular Myiasis-SCSOAJ by Abhinaya shivakumar in surgery and case studies open access journals in lupine publishers.
68 year old lady, presented to the ER with complaints of
fatiguability, prostration for a period of 1 month and a wound over
the left side of the face for 1 year, wound appeared spontaneously,
it progressed to an ulcer and was increasing to the current size.
There was no h/o trauma, fever. No significant family, past history
or travel history. On examination, patient was conscious oriented,vitals
were stable. Local examination revealed on the right temporal
and cheek region, an ulcer of 7x3cm over the preauricular region,
solitary, margin was spreading which was inflamed and edematous
with beaded edges, sero-sanguinous discharge, with active maggotfly
infestation surrounding area is inflamed. On palpation, the
ulcer was nontender, indurated edges, ulcer was resting on the
zygomatico-temporal bone and depth been around 1cm, maggots
larvae was present, ulcer was bleeding on touch
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