Author/Authors :
Aelami, Mohammad Hassan Department of Pediatrics and Hand Hygiene and Infection Control Research Center - Imam Reza Hospital - Mashhad University of medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , Khoei, Alireza Department of Pathology - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , Ghorbani, Hamidreza Kidney Transplantation Complications Research Center - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , Seilanian-Toosi, Farrokh Department of Radiology - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , Poustchi, Elham Department of Parasitology and Mycology - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , Hosseini-Farash, Bibi Razieh Department of Parasitology and Mycology - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran , Moghaddas, Elham Department of Parasitology and Mycology - Faculty of Medicine - Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Abstract :
Canthariasis is a human disease caused by infestation of beetle larvae. We report here an unusual cause of urogenital in-fection due to Tenebrio molitor in a 10-year-old boy suffering from severe and intermittent suprapubic pain from Nehban-dan City, Northeastern Iran in 2018. After 9 months, three larvae were excreted. Keratinization of bladder wall was ob-served in histopathology. All laboratory evaluations were normal except for presence of microscopic hematuria. This re-port implicated that T. molitor could infest bladder accidentally and cause canthariasis and clinical symptoms that may lead to severe pain and bladder inflammation and hyperemia.
Keywords :
Child , Human , Bladder , Canthariasis
