Oral myiasis: a case report

Abstract

Oral Myiasis is a condition in which the soft tissues of different parts of oral cavity are invaded by the parasitic larvae of flies known as Maggots. This study presents a case of oral myiasis in 12 years old mentally retarded girl. Clinically, the patient had multiple perforations of the palatal mucosa at mid-hard palate and tunneling of the palatal gingivae from lateral incisor to the first molar on either side communicated to the palatal perforations. The patient was treated by mechanical removal of the maggots with simple curettage and irrigation with paraffin, povidone iodine and normal saline. After complete larvae removal, the wounds healed normally. Key words: Oral myiases, mentally retarded, fly larvae. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v10i3.8367 BJMS 2011; 10(3): 206-208

Oral myiasis: Analysis of cases reported in the English literature from 1990 to 2020

“…Efforts were made to contact the authors of three studies; however, their articles could not be retrieved 17–19 . A total of 122 articles reporting 157 cases of oral myiasis were selected 2,5–14,16,20–129 …”

“…The articles were from India, 7,9,11,13,21,23,24,29,30,32–35,38, 41,45,50–52,65,66,68,70,71,73–76,82,87,91,93,99,100,105–110,113,116–118,120–122, 126,127,129 Brazil, 2,8,10,12,14,16,20,22,31,36,43,44,47–49,57–60,69,77–79,81, 84,85,90,92,95,101,102,104,112,115,123,125 Turkey, 6,28,37,42,54,61,62,124,128 Iran, 26,63,80,103,111 China, 39,40,88,96,119 Malaysia, 64,98 Colombia, 53 Israel, 5 Oman, 25 Yemen, 27 Czech Republic, 46 The Netherlands, 55 Italy, 97 USA, 56 UK, 86,89 Spain, 94 South Korea, 67 Pakistan, 72 Bangladesh, 114 and Mexico 83 (Figure 1).…”

“…The main associated factors presented by the individuals were poor hygiene (18.9%), 2,6,7,9,11–14,21,27,29,30,32,33,37,39,43, 47,49,51,52,54,57,62,66,68,73–77,81,83–85,91,96–101,104–106,109–111,114,116,120, 125–127,129 neurological disabilities (18.9%), 6,7,9,12,16,22,23,25–27, 29,30,32,34,39,40,43,45,48,50,52,53,57–59,64–66,70,73,74,78,80,85,87,90,93,95,96, 100–102,104–114,118,119,121,123,125,128,129 residence in rural or subtropical areas (8.2%), 7,24,27,32,35,36,41,47,49,52,55,56,58,62,63,65,72,74, 78,81,85,86,88,89,90,91,95,97,99,103,127,129 absence of lip sealing and/or mouth breathing (8.1%), 11,27,33,47,52,57,65,68,74,76,84–86, …”

“…Fifty (51.6%) studies 5,10,13,23,25,28,33,36,37,40,47–49,52,53,56,57,59,60, 62,65,67,73,77,81,83,87,89,100,101,108,109,111,113,114,125,126,127,129 revealed that the individual had no sequelae. Of the studies reporting sequelae in the affected individuals, the main ones were: evolution to death in the presence of other underlying diseases (21.6%), 6,13,14,22,26,31,39,41,42,79,85,88,95,102,115,123,128 tooth loss (8.2%), 11,50,64,68,70,75,106 bone defects (5.1%), 2 unsatisfactory and unsightly healing (4.1%), 20,78,86,96 maxillectomy (2.0%), 82,99 hearing loss (2.0%), 2 blindness (2.0%), 2 oroantral communication (1.0%), 2 irreversible injury to the salivary gland (1.0%), 2 and paresthesia (1.0%) 8 .…”

Oral Myiasis Affecting Gingiva in a Child Patient: An Uncommon Case Report

“…Mechanical removal of larvae is the most commonly used treatment [ 3 , 6 ]. Local application of substances like mineral oil, ether, oil of turpentine, chloroform, mercuric chloride, ethyl chloride, creosote, phenol, saline, calomel, gentian violet, white head varnish, olive oil, and iodoform can be used for ensuring the complete removal of all larvae [ 6 , 18 , 19 ]. Treatment of the surrounding bacterial infection with broad-spectrum antibiotics and nutritional support of the patient with multivitamin tablets are also important.…”