The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
2015 , Vol 57 , Num 6
Aspiration of an interesting foreign body: Myiasis
1 Departments of Pediatric Surgery, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey2 Departments of Microbiology, Başkent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey Myiasis is a rare condition caused by the invasion of tissues by the larvae of flies. Many cases of myiasis involving various human organs have been reported. Tracheopulmonary or intratracheal myiasis is a very unusual and aberrant form of the disease in humans. We present a case of respiratory myiasis after aspiration of larvae by a healthy 8-month-old girl, which cannot be found in the English literature. Keywords : myiasis, respiratory system, children, aspiration