Postoperative cerebral myiasis: A rare cause of wound dehiscence in developing countries
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BACKGROUND Cerebral myiasis is a rare parasitic disease, especially in postoperative neurological surgery. CASE DESCRIPTION We report a case of postoperative myiasis in a patient who underwent a craniotomy for resection of metastatic melanoma, evolving with wound dehiscence due to myiasis in the operative wound. CONCLUSION Myiasis infestation should be a differential diagnosis of surgical wound dehiscence, particularly when the classic signs of inflammation are not present and computed tomography of the brain shows signs suggestive of this disease entity.
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