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Capt Randall L. Goodman, USAF, MC; Col Michael A. Montalvo, USAF, MC; Maj J. Brian Reed, USAF, MC; LTC Frank W. Scribbick, USA, MC; Chad P. McHugh, MPH, PhD
San Antonio, Tex

Randall L. Beatty, MD
Pittsburgh, Pa

Ricardo Aviles, MD
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Arch Ophthalmol. 2000;118:1002-1003.

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A 5-YEAR-OLD boy with inferior orbital swelling and an erythematous mass arising from the inferior cul-de-sac of his right eye (Figure 1 and Figure 2) was seen by an Air Force Mobile Ophthalmic Surgical Team working in a rural area of the Republic of Honduras. The respiratory pore of a late-stage larva of the human botfly (Dermatobia hominis) was located in the anterior orbit. The larva was gently removed under general anesthesia through a small incision in the conjunctiva (Figure 3, Figure 4, and Figure 5).

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 1. Five-year-old Honduran boy with right inferior orbital swelling and erythema.

Figure appears in full text version. Figure 2. Examination under anesthesia, demonstrating right eye . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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