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Botfly extraction from nodules

Botfly extraction from nodules
(A) Extraction of Dermatobia hominis larva from a nodule on the scalp. The lesion was anesthetized with lidocaine intralesionally and then gently extracted in toto.
(B) An additional lesion from the same patient contained another larva.
Courtesy of Peter Lio, MD.
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