A sebaceous cyst with a difference: Dermatobia hominis.

Sebaceous cysts with unpleasant twists: cutaneous myiasis with Dermatobia hominis.

Dermatobia hominis (human Bot fly) causes furuncular myiasis (larval infection) in Central and South America. This report describes a case in a member of the UK Armed Forces who had recently taken part in an overseas training exercise in Belize. The importance of clinical history (including travel history) is highlighted. We also describe the outcomes of conservative treatment and surgical inte...

Cutaneous furuncular myiasis: Human infestation by the botfly.

Dermatobia hominis, the botfly, is indigenous to Central and South America. Its usual host is a mammal, often a horse or cow. Cutaneous furuncular myiasis, human infestation by the botfly, has rarely been reported. Symptoms of infestation include a locally painful, firm furuncular lesion, often with a centrally located pore. Due to their infrequent occurrence, these lesions are often misdiagnos...

Dermatobia hominis infestation.

A patient is reported who, after leaving Venezuela, developed some boils on the left upper limb inhabited by Dermatobia hominis larvae. The curious life-cycle of this tropical fly is described with some considerations about the diagnostic problem. A simple unreported way of larvae extraction is suggested.

Humoral Immune Response in Cattle Experimentally Infested with Larvae of Dermatobia Hominis Resposta Imune Humoral Em Bovinos Infestados Experimentalmente Com Larvas De Dermatobia Hominis

Cutaneous human myiasis due to Dermatobia hominis.

This is a case report of cutaneous myiasis due to Dermatobia hominis in a female physician who had travelled to Belize. Cutaneous myiasis is endemic in Central and South America but is seldom reported from the Caribbean islands.