Noma (<i>cancrum oris</i>) associated with oral myiasis in an adult

Aguiar, Águida Maria Menezes; Enwonwu, Cyril O.; Pires, Fábio-Ramôa

doi:10.1034/j.1601-0825.2003.03942.x

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“…Infestations are common phenomenon in skin, nose, eye, lung, ear, anus, and vagina but oral manifestation is exceptional [3]. Incidence of oral myiasis as compared to that of cutaneous myiasis is less as the oral tissues per se are not permanently exposed to the external environment [4]. …”

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“…Oral myiasis is more commonly ascribed to predisposing anatomical, medical conditions where oral cavity is being exposed to external environment for a prolonged time, mouth breathing, anterior open bite, incompetent lips, cerebral palsy [5], following tooth extractions [6], neglected mandibular fracture [7], patients undergoing mechanical ventilation [8], and certain local pathological conditions such as cancrum oris [4], and oral malignancies [9]. …”

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Primary Oral Myiasis: A Case Report

Bhola

Jadhav

Borle

et al. 2012

Case Reports in Dentistry

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Myiasis commonly refers to invasion of live human or animal tissue by fly larvae of the Diptera order where they complete their cycle totally or in part, feeding on living or dead tissue, as well as on body fluids. Infestation of tissues of vertebrate species is pandemic but more frequently found in tropical and subtropical countries where poor hygiene, poor housing infrastructure, warm humid climate, and proximity with domestic animals prevail. Its diagnosis is made basically by the presence of larvae. The present paper reports a case of gingival myiasis involving 14–16 larvae in a 12-year-old boy.

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Primary Oral Myiasis: A Case Report

Bhola

Jadhav

Borle

et al. 2012

Case Reports in Dentistry

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“…Factors predisposing to oral myiasis can be divided into local, systemic, and environmental. Local factors include poor oral hygiene, periodontal diseases, suppurating lesions, mouth breathing, anterior open bite, lip incompetence, a thumb‐sucking habit, halitosis, and trauma …”

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Flies and the mouth

Hassona

Scully

Miranda

et al. 2013

J of Invest & Clin Dent

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Oral infections caused by flies are rarely encountered in clinical practice, and consequently, there is a paucity of information in the medical and dental literature about these conditions. In the present article, we present a concise review on oral myiasis or fly-blown disease. A variety of fly species can infest the oral tissues and produce an exotic clinical picture. Oral myiasis is mainly encountered in the tropics and subtropics, but can also be encountered in the western part of the world due to the increase of globalization, immigration, and global warming. Commonly-reported symptoms of oral myiasis include pain, swelling, itchy sensation, and feeling of something moving in the mouth. The surgical debridement of infected tissue with the removal of maggots is the treatment of choice in most cases of oral myiasis.

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“…Noma ( cancrum oris ) is a rapidly progressive, polymicrobial, opportunistic infection of the face, mouth and cheeks that occurs during periods of compromised immune function and is characterized by gangrenous necrotizing lesions. Noma, immunosuppression resulting from steroid therapy, corticosteroid immunosuppressive therapy for psoriasis, malnutrition, HIV-infection and AIDS, prolonged hospitalization, diabetes, and extreme poverty all may produce lesions or wounds which may act as pre-existing factors of myiasis 9,10…”

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Furuncular myiasis of the foot caused by the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga: report in a medical student returning from a medical mission trip to Tanzania

Palmieri¹,

North²,

Santo³

2013

IMCRJ

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Cutaneous myiasis in humans is a temporary parasitic infestation of the skin by fly larvae or maggots of a variety of Dipteran families. In the United States, autochthonous cases of myiasis are infrequently seen. Most cases of cutaneous myiasis are acquired when traveling to tropical areas of Africa, Central America or South America. This case report involves a 26-year-old male medical student who visited Tanzania on a medical mission trip. Three weeks following his return to the United States he developed a furuncular lesion on the side of the fifth digit on his right foot, which contained the larva of the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga.

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Noma (cancrum oris) associated with oral myiasis in an adult

Cited by 32 publications

References 8 publications

Primary Oral Myiasis: A Case Report

Primary Oral Myiasis: A Case Report

Flies and the mouth

Furuncular myiasis of the foot caused by the tumbu fly, Cordylobia anthropophaga: report in a medical student returning from a medical mission trip to Tanzania

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