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KMID : 0425120180560020199
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2018 Volume.56 No. 2 p.199 ~ p.203
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A Case of Cutaneous Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga Larvae in a Korean Traveler Returning from Central Africa
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Ko Joo-Yeon
Lee In-Yong
Park Byeong-Jin
Shin Jae-Min
Ryu Jae-Sook
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Abstract
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The cutaneous myiasis has been rarely reported in the Republic of Korea. We intended to describe here a case of furuncular cutaneous myiasis caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga larvae in a Korean traveler returned from Central Africa. A patient, 55-year-old man, had traveled to Equatorial Guinea, in Central Africa for a month and just returned to Korea. Physical examinations showed 2 tender erythematous nodules with small central ulceration on the left buttock and thigh. During skin biopsy, 2 larvae came out from the lesion. C. anthropophaga was identified by paired mouth hooks (toothed, spade-like, oral hooklets) and 2 posterior spiracles, which lack a distinct chitinous rim. Although rarely described in Korea until now, cutaneous myiasis may be encountered more frequently with increasing international travel and exchange workers to tropical areas.
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KEYWORD
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Cordylobia anthropophaga, cutaneous, myiasis, Central Africa
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