dental cavity myiasis due to wohlfahrtia magnifica

نویسندگان

amid athari from the department of microbiology, school of medicine, kermanshah university of medical sciences, kermanshah, islamic republic of iran.

telmur fallah

چکیده

a 79 year old fanner referred to a dental clinic because of toothache for one week. after extraction of a painful tooth, three larvae, 1.5 cm in length emerged from the dental cavity. morphological study of the larvae proved them as w. magnifica. this is the first report of dental cavity myiasis from iran.

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medical journal of islamic republic of iran

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