Myiasis - Dermatobia hominis - extraction of a larva from the skin

France, Le Pape Patrice

Extraction of a larva of Dermatobia hominis (the human botfly) in a patient with furuncular myiasis returning from South America. Extraction of the larva is difficult due to its “perrier-bottle” shape and the presence of several concentric rows of backward-projecting spines around the maggots.