ORAL MYIASIS: CASE REPORT

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Published: Jul 31, 2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21315/
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Oral myiasis, cerebral palsy, case report

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Roszalina Ramli
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 50300 Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Roslan Abd Rahman
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 50300 Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Myiasis occurs when living tissues of mammals are invaded by eggs or larvae of flies, mainly from the order of Diptera. Most of the previousty reported cases are in the tropics and they were usually associated with inadequate personal hygiene, sometimes with poor manual dexterity. This report describes two cases of oral myiasis in cerebral palsy patients in Seremban General Hospital, Malaysia. This article also discusses the therapeutic property of maggots and highlights the importance of oral health care in the special needs patients.

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Roszalina Ramli, Roslan Abd Rahman. ORAL MYIASIS: CASE REPORT. Malays J Med Sci [Internet]. 2002 Jul. 31 [cited 2026 Oct. 18];9(2):47-50. Available from: https://ejournal.usm.my/mjms/article/view/mjms_vol9-no2-2002_7
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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2002)
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Case Report
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