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Volume 25, Number 11—November 2019
Research Letter

Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Chrysomya bezziana after Periocular Carcinoma

Reza Nabie, Adel SpotinComments to Author , and Bayan Poormohammad
Author affiliations: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

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A 75-year-old man with ophthalmomyiasis after periocular squamous cell carcinoma, Iran. A) Extensive tissue necrosis and the extension of the eyelids, eyebrow, and orbit. B) Computed tomographic scan showing huge invasion and necrosis of all cavities of the orbit. C) Live screwworm larvae (Chrysomya bezziana) inside the necrotic tissue of the orbit.

Figure. A 75-year-old man with ophthalmomyiasis after periocular squamous cell carcinoma, Iran. A) Extensive tissue necrosis and the extension of the eyelids, eyebrow, and orbit. B) Computed tomography scan showing huge invasion and necrosis of all cavities of the orbit. C) Live screwworm larvae (Chrysomya bezziana) inside the necrotic tissue of the orbit.

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