1 | CASE PRESENTATION
A 35-year-old female presented with a complaint of pain on her first
left hallux, with an emission of foul-smelling from it.
Clinical examination revealed
ingrown nail with a periungual
erythema without any systemic symptoms.
During the avulsion of the nail plate, we noticed numerous Larvae on the
nail bed and a newly formed nail. [Fig. 1] & [Video 1,2].
The patient lives in an urban region and had no previous history of
travel, trauma, contact with animals, immunosuppressive treatment, or
psychiatric disorders.
Nail avulsion was performed. The larvae were extracted with forceps,
followed by surgical withdrawal of the underlying nail.
Based on the laboratory report and the clinical examination, the
diagnosis of subungual myiasis was made.