Author/Authors :
Yasin، Mohammad نويسنده Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Hussein Teaching and Medical Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Yasin, Mohammad , Moghhtader Mojhdehi، Amirhossein نويسنده Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Hussein Teaching and Medical Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Moghhtader Mojhdehi, Amirhossein , Haghighi، Mehrdad نويسنده Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University, M.C., Tehran, Iran Haghighi, Mehrdad , Akbarzadeh ، Kamran نويسنده Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ,
Abstract :
Introduction: Ophthalmomyiasis is a rare disorder that is caused by invasion of dipterous larvae to necrotic tissues. Case Presentation: An 80-year-old woman with invasive basal cell carcinoma (BCC) presented anabnormal growth of worm in her eye.
She had ophthalmomyiasis caused by Lucilia sericata larva in here nucleated eye. L. sericata is common all over the temperate and tropical
regions, mainly in the southern hemisphere, particularly in Africa and Australia. Discussion: Immunocompromised patients with diabetes, malignancies, and patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy are at
high risk of ophthalmomyiasis. In addition, aggressive treatment is needed to prevent the secondary infections
