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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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