CRANIAL OSTEOMYELITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FURUNCULAR MYIASIS
ABSTRACT Objective: To report the case of an infant with infrequent cranial osteomyelitis as a complication of furuncular myiasis. Case description: The patient was a 4-month-old male who presented to the emergency department with a nodular skull lesion with edema, tenderness, pain, and purulent...
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| description | ABSTRACT Objective: To report the case of an infant with infrequent cranial osteomyelitis as a complication of furuncular myiasis. Case description: The patient was a 4-month-old male who presented to the emergency department with a nodular skull lesion with edema, tenderness, pain, and purulent drainage, as well as progress of the ulcerated lesion and evidence of larvae inside. Antibiotic treatment was initiated, and the patient was taken to the operating room to remove the larvae, but he had no symptomatic improvement. A skull radiograph was taken to visualize the osteolytic lesion, and a 3D computed tomography scan showed osteomyelitis of the external parietal surface. Antibiotic management readjustment continued for a total of six weeks, and a skin flap was used with clinical improvement. Comments: Myiasis is defined as the infestation of vertebrates with fly larvae. In mammals, larvae can feed on host tissue and cause a wide range of infestations depending on their location in the body. The cranial osteomyelitis as a complication of myiasis described in this report seems to be an exceptional case. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4da79238a83441d800c9294516b15452022-12-21T23:40:32ZengSociedade de Pediatria de São PauloRevista Paulista de Pediatria1984-04622021-02-013910.1590/1984-0462/2021/39/2020105CRANIAL OSTEOMYELITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FURUNCULAR MYIASISNelson Muñozhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0066-7302Sandra Galvishttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0533-6315Oscar Patiñohttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4742-4137Carlos Monerizhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0306-8049ABSTRACT Objective: To report the case of an infant with infrequent cranial osteomyelitis as a complication of furuncular myiasis. Case description: The patient was a 4-month-old male who presented to the emergency department with a nodular skull lesion with edema, tenderness, pain, and purulent drainage, as well as progress of the ulcerated lesion and evidence of larvae inside. Antibiotic treatment was initiated, and the patient was taken to the operating room to remove the larvae, but he had no symptomatic improvement. A skull radiograph was taken to visualize the osteolytic lesion, and a 3D computed tomography scan showed osteomyelitis of the external parietal surface. Antibiotic management readjustment continued for a total of six weeks, and a skin flap was used with clinical improvement. Comments: Myiasis is defined as the infestation of vertebrates with fly larvae. In mammals, larvae can feed on host tissue and cause a wide range of infestations depending on their location in the body. The cranial osteomyelitis as a complication of myiasis described in this report seems to be an exceptional case.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-05822021000100606&tlng=enMyiasisOsteomyelitisLarvaeHypodermyiasis |
| spellingShingle | Nelson Muñoz Sandra Galvis Oscar Patiño Carlos Moneriz CRANIAL OSTEOMYELITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FURUNCULAR MYIASIS Revista Paulista de Pediatria Myiasis Osteomyelitis Larvae Hypodermyiasis |
| title | CRANIAL OSTEOMYELITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FURUNCULAR MYIASIS |
| title_full | CRANIAL OSTEOMYELITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FURUNCULAR MYIASIS |
| title_fullStr | CRANIAL OSTEOMYELITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FURUNCULAR MYIASIS |
| title_full_unstemmed | CRANIAL OSTEOMYELITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FURUNCULAR MYIASIS |
| title_short | CRANIAL OSTEOMYELITIS AS A COMPLICATION OF FURUNCULAR MYIASIS |
| title_sort | cranial osteomyelitis as a complication of furuncular myiasis |
| topic | Myiasis Osteomyelitis Larvae Hypodermyiasis |
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