Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1999 Sep;123(9):829-31.

Myiasis secondary to Sermatobia hominis (human botfly) presenting as a long-standing breast mass.

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Department of Pathology, Olive View/UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, Calif, USA.

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A case of a 54-year-old woman who presented with a breast mass is reported. Histologically, a chronic granulomatous inflammatory response was observed. The response was associated with an organism diagnosed as a fly larva, Dermatobia hominis (human botfly). The incidence of myiasis, infestation by fly larvae, presenting as a long-standing breast mass and mimicking a neoplasm is extremely rare, especially in the United States.

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