A case of ingrown toenail with maggots: A personal experience

Autor:	Manal Arshad Malik, Arshad M Malik
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Ingrown toenail medicine.medical_specialty Unusual case integumentary system business.industry Maggot Mentally retarded Nail plate medicine.disease Surgery medicine Deformity Coming out medicine.symptom business Clearance
Zdroj:	Journal of Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University. 3:56-57
ISSN:	2617-8109 2617-8095
DOI:	10.32593/jstmu/vol3.iss1.74
Popis:	The invasion of the skin and sub-cutaneous tissues with larvae (Maggots) is not infrequently seen in humans. It is basically the flies which feed on living tissues and lay eggs which develop into maggots and start eating the dead tissue. We present a very unusual case of a 35-year-old, mentally retarded man who presented with infected ingrown toenail. The patient had inborn deformity and crowding of the toes. On examination a large number of maggots were found crawling over and coming out from deeper tissues. The wound was explored and treated by excising the tissue alongside the nails with nail removal at the same time. The nail plate excised on the sides and maggots cleared.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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