RESUMEN

Myiasis rarely occurs in the eyelids. We report a 3-year-old girl with a myiasis of the upper eyelid after a trip to Central America. A 1.5 cm larva of a Dermatobia hominis was excised. Infestation with D. hominis should be suspected when a localized swelling with a central fistula in an eyelid is present in patients who have been to Central and South America.

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Infecciones Parasitarias del Ojo/cirugía , Párpados/parasitología , Miasis/cirugía , América Central , Preescolar , Infecciones Parasitarias del Ojo/patología , Femenino , Humanos , Miasis/patología , Viaje