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Report of a Case

T. Rodman Wood, MD; J. Rigby Slight, MD

Arch Ophthalmol. 1970;84(5):692-693.

Abstract
A 49-year-old woman presented with bilateral orbital invasion by larvae of Calliphora vomitoria. The left globe was destroyed by maggots. The patient died shortly after admission. This is the first case of destructive ocular myiasis to be reported from North America.

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

From the Department of Ophthalmology, Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 11, 1970.

Read in part before the Association for Research in Ophthalmology, Western Section Meeting, Tahoe Alumni Center, Tahoe City, Calif, Sept 6, 1969.

Reprint requests to Box 568, 1200 N State St, Los Angeles 90033 (Dr. Wood).

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