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A Case of Cutaneous Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga Larvae in a Korean Traveler Returning from Central Africa

  • Ko, Joo Yeon (Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, In-Yong (Department of Environmental Medical Biology, and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Byeong Jin (Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Shin, Jae Min (Department of Dermatology, Hanyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Ryu, Jae-Sook (Derpartment of Environmental Biology and Medical Parasitology, Hanyang University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2018.01.11
  • Accepted : 2018.03.03
  • Published : 2018.04.30
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Abstract

The cutaneous myiasis has been rarely reported in the Republic of Korea. We intended to describe here a case of furuncular cutaneous myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga larvae in a Korean traveler returned from Central Africa. A patient, 55-year-old man, had traveled to Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa for a month and just returned to Korea. Physical examinations showed 2 tender erythematous nodules with small central ulceration on the left buttock and thigh. During skin biopsy, 2 larvae came out from the lesion. C. anthropophaga was identified by paired mouth hooks (toothed, spade-like, oral hooklets) and 2 posterior spiracles, which lack a distinct chitinous rim. Although rarely described in Korea until now, cutaneous myiasis may be encountered more frequently with increasing international travel and exchange workers to tropical areas.

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