Myiasis secondary to Dermatobia hominis (human botfly) presenting as a long-standing breast mass

Authors
Kahn, DG
Citation
Dg. Kahn, Myiasis secondary to Dermatobia hominis (human botfly) presenting as a long-standing breast mass, ARCH PATH L, 123(9), 1999, pp. 829-831
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Research/Laboratory Medicine & Medical Tecnology","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE
ISSN journal
00039985 → ACNP
Volume
123
Issue
9
Year of publication
1999
Pages
829 - 831
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9985(199909)123:9<829:MSTDH
Abstract
A case of a 54-year-old woman who presented with a breast mass is reported. Histologically, a chronic granulomatous inflammatory response was observed . The response was associated with an organism diagnosed as a fly larva, De rmatobia hominis (human botfly). The incidence of myiasis, infestation by f ly larvae, presenting as a long-standing breast mass and mimicking a neopla sm is extremely rare, especially in the United States.