A Case of Cutaneous Myiasis Caused by Cordylobia anthropophaga Larvae in a Korean Traveler Returning from Central Africa
2018
Ko, J.Y., Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Lee, I.Y., Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Park, B.J., Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Shin, J.M., Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea | Ryu, J.S., Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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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