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Case report
Painful lesion in the forearm of a child traveller
  1. Dahir Ali Farah1 and
  2. Abdulkani Yusuf2
  1. 1Oliver Street Surgery, Bedford, UK
  2. 2East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Eastbourne, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Abdulkani Yusuf; abdyus12{at}gmail.com

Abstract

In this article, we intend to discuss a case of cutaneous myiasis in a British child traveller who recently travelled to Somaliland. A Cordylobia anthropophaga larva was identified as the species that caused the disease. The case report, which contains a video illustration of the causative agent, proved a diagnostic challenge at presentation.

  • dermatology
  • global health
  • tropical medicine (infectious disease)

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-237419

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors DAF made the diagnosis and contributed to the manuscript preparation. AY contributed to the manuscript preparation and writing up the case.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Parental/guardian consent obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.