TY - JOUR KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Myiasis KW - Nose Diseases AU - Husain S AU - Malaviya G N AU - Girdhar A AU - Girdhar B K AB -

Infestation of the nose with larvae of certain files can occur in leprosy patients. This results in severe distress and agony and can cause extensive tissue damage. The predisposing factors, clinical presentation and treatment is described.

BT - Leprosy review C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1784154?dopt=Abstract CN - Infolep Library - available DA - 1991 Dec DO - 10.5935/0305-7518.19910045 IS - 4 J2 - Lepr Rev LA - eng N2 -

Infestation of the nose with larvae of certain files can occur in leprosy patients. This results in severe distress and agony and can cause extensive tissue damage. The predisposing factors, clinical presentation and treatment is described.

PY - 1991 SP - 389 EP - 94 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Nasal myiasis in leprosy. UR - http://leprev.ilsl.br/pdfs/1991/v62n4/pdf/v62n4a05.pdf VL - 62 SN - 0305-7518 ER -