Oral Myiasis in Anterior Palate - A Rare Case Report & Review of Literature

Abstract

Oral myiasis was coined by Reverend F. William Hope in 1840. It is a rare pathology and risk to the patients in humans suffering from myiasis. It has a higher incidence in rural areas and in developing countries having hot climatic conditions such as tropical and sub-tropical zones of Africa and America. Most of the infestations are associated with various predisposing factors such as poor oral hygiene, suppurative lesions, senility, alcoholism, and debilitating conditions and reported in post-extraction socket, trauma. The diagnosis is made basically by the presence of maggots. This article deals with oral myiasis in cerebral palsy female patient. The treatment consisted of manual removal of the maggots by topical application of turpentine oil and surgical debridement of the wound Keywords: Diptera fly, human myiasis, ivermectin, musca domestica, myiasis, parasitic infection