Persistent eyelid swelling in a child: lest myiasis be forgot

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KARADAĞ ÖNCEL E., CENGİZ A. B., ÖZER BEKMEZ B.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, cilt.173, sa.12, ss.1649, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 173 Sayı: 12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00431-013-2218-x
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1649
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Myiasis involving the eyelid is uncommon. Herein, we present an 8-year-old boy who was diagnosed with preseptal cellulitis, yet a single larva was eventually extracted from his eyelid.