Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology
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Mahendra K. Singh

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• Case Report
  Orbital Myiasis (Dermatobia Hominis)Complicating Secondary Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Medial Rectus Muscle
  Author(s): Rajendra P Maurya, Ishan Yadav, Virendra P. Singh, Mahendra K. Singh, Prashant Bhushan Rajendra P Maurya, Ishan Yadav, Virendra P. Singh, Mahendra K. Singh, Prashant Bhushan
  
  Background: Myiasis is an infestation of living tissue of human and other vertebrate animals by larvae of flies of the order Diptera. Aim: To present a case of destructive squamous cell carcinoma complicated by orbital myiasis. Case report: Here is a rare case report of ocular myiasis from the species sarcophaga in an elderly patient belonging to rural India having neglected secondary squamous cell carcinoma of medial rectus muscle, one month after excision of conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia. Computerized tomography imaging of orbit and brain revealed multiple bony erosions with intracranial extension. The pathogenesis, clinical presentations, findings of investigations and treatment of orbital myiasis in squamous cell carcinoma are discussed here under. .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9570.1000404

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