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SUBMITTER: Curzi C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477821 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Curzi Christian C Bartoletti Viola V Canova Giuseppe G Giordan Enrico E
Asian journal of neurosurgery 20210701 3
Cerebral myiasis is a rare condition caused by a parasitic infestation of fly larvae feeding on the host's necrotic or living tissue. Only 16 cases of cerebral myiasis have been published. We presented the case of a 72-year-old man with a neglected infestation of an extensive ulcerative cancer of the scalp. A large cranial lesion, with exposed brain and dura mater and severe Sarcophaga carnaria maggot infestation, was evident. We gently removed the maggots and covered the defect with thick gauze ...[more]