Myiasis secondary to Dermatobia hominis (human botfly) presenting as a long-standing breast mass

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 829-831

  Kahn, Douglas G ^a,b  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b State of Virginia's Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOBIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYIASIS; ANIMAL; BREAST DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLY; GRANULOMA; LARVA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BREAST DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPTERA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LARVA; MIDDLE AGED; MYIASIS;

EID: 0032588681     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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