An unusual cause of pre-auricular swelling

Abstract

Suffocation of botfly larvae is favoured to surgical removal, due to the possibility of larval remnants being retained and acting as a nidus for infection. The increasing frequency of exotic travel means doctors need to be more aware of tropical medicine.

Myiasis of the Ear

“…Our literature search yielded 48 papers, 34 of which made mention of larvae species and/or family. The total number of cases reported within these papers was 45, including larvae from the families Sarcophagidae (n = 26), 1,2,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Calliphoridae (n = 14), [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] Oestridae (n = 3), [36][37][38] and Muscidae (n = 2). 39 No cases were reported involving Hypodermatinae, the subfamily most commonly associated with intracerebral myiasis (Figure 1).…”