Creepy Crawlies in the Lip: A Rare Case Report Garg Ritesh, Senior Lecturer, Mittal Ankur, Reader, Gupta SK, Professor & Head of Department, Mishra Neha, Senior Lecturer Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, DJ College of Dental Sciences and Research, Ajit Mahal, Niwari Road, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh-201204, India *Address for correspondence: Ritesh Garg, Email id: drriteshgarg8@gmail.com
Online published on 23 November, 2015. Abstract Myiasis is the infestation of live human and vertebrate animal with dipterous larvae, which feed on the host's dead or living tissue. This phenomenon is well documented in the skin, especially among animals and people in poorly developed and developing countries. When the tissues of oral cavity are invaded by the parasitic larvae of flies, the condition is called as oral Myiasis. It is a rare condition caused by several species of dipteran fly larvae and may be secondary to serious medical and dental conditions. We hereby report a rare case of oral myiasis involving the lip in a 18-year-old male after road traffic accident and discussing the management of the same. Top Keywords Myiasis, Maggots, Musca domestica, Diptera, oral myiasis, road traffic accident, infection. Top |