Treatment of oral myiasis in a cerebral palsy patient

Oral myiasis is a condition caused by the invasion of fly larvae in body tissues. This work aims to notify a clinical case of an oral myiasis in the oral cavity. The patient is 12 years old, male, white, and a carrier of cerebral palsy. He was attended by public health care presenting releasing of larvae through the vestibular face and in adjacent palatine next to elements 12 and 13. The clinical examination verified lack of hygiene, caries, necrotic ulceration, acute inflammation, exhaling fetid smell, bleeding in anterosuperior region, and larvae in this area.

Source: Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics - December 15, 2019 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: VANESSA SANTOS RODRIGUES CANUTO, LEONARDO DE SOUZA LOUZARDO, H ÉLDER ANTÔNIO REBELO PONTES, LIGIA AKIKO NINOKATA MIYAHARA, ANDERSON MAURÍCIO PAIVA E COSTA, WALDNER RICARDO SOUZA DE CARVALHO, FLÁVIA SIROTHEAU CORRÊA PONTES Source Type: research