Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

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Myiasis in Ulcerated Breast Carcinoma: First Case Record in Myanmar

  • Wai, Aung Phyo (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University) ;
  • Maw, Win Win (Department of Microbiology, University of Medicine 2) ;
  • Boonmars, Thidarut (Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University)
  • Received : 2021.04.13
  • Accepted : 2022.03.13
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

Myiasis is an infestation of maggot, which is frequently associated with poor personal hygiene and environmental sanitation. A 78-year-old female breast cancer patient visited clinic complaining of irritation, itching, and pain within the ulcerous cancer lesion for 3 weeks. Many maggots were found in the lesion. A total of 30 maggots were removed and identified to be 3rd stage of larvae of metallic fly. This is the first case of wound myiasis in advanced breast carcinoma as a complication of untreated or drug-induced ulcer.

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This study was supported by Boonmars Lab, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand and The Otsuka Toshimi Scholarship Foundation, Japan.

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