Wound Myiasis in a Patient with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Wound Myiasis in a Patient with Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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A 60-year-old, canon imageclass mf227dw otherwise healthy, male farmer presented to our Dermatology Department with a large ulcer on his lower right leg.The lesion had started as a small papule 6 months before, which became eroded and transformed into a rather rapidly progressive ulcer.On careful inspection, numerous larvae were argan oil pure purple found moving within the wound.The larvae were analyzed and found to be Lucilia sericata (the green bottle blowfly).

The lesion was diagnosed histopathologically as squamous cell carcinoma.The myiasis was treated by submerging the wound in a dilute permanganate potassium solution.