Noma (cancrum oris) associated with oral myiasis in an adult |
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| Authors: | Aguiar A M M Enwonwu C O Pires F R |
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| Affiliation: | Head, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Municipal Souza Aguiar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
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| Abstract: | Noma is a devastating oro-facial necrotic condition affecting debilitated subjects. Oral myiasis is an infectious disease caused by deposition of larval flies in oral wounds and lesions. Oro-facial noma-myiasis association has not been previously reported in the literature. The aim of this paper is to report a case of noma associated with myiasis in a 65-year-old Brazilian male. |
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| Keywords: | noma cancrum oris adult oral myiasis |
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