Painful Lumps on Woman’s Scalp Turn Out to Be Parasitic Botfly Larvae
L - A botfly, whose larvae are internal parasites of mammals, including humans. R - A larva of a horse botfly (Gasterophilus intestinalis). CC0 / Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0
A British woman’s itchy lumps on her scalp after a trip to Argentina turned out to have been parasitic botfly larvae.
The 50-year-old woman, who was not identified by name in the BMJ Case Report, sought treatment for her condition, which a doctor initially diagnosed as cysts.
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