Monday, June 3, 2019

Case of the Week 547

Here is our monthly case by Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.

The following 1-cm long structure was extracted from a Belgian patient returning from Ghana. Identification?


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11 comments:

  1. Bernardino RochaJune 3, 2019 at 1:43 PM

    Cordylobia rodhaini, Lund’s fly, 3rd instar larva. Given it´s shape, the short spines and the shape of the spiracles (serpentine slits, markedly tortuous), and it´s geographic distribution. Photos beautifully taken.

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  2. UnknownJune 3, 2019 at 2:44 PM

    I totally agree with Bernadino, geographically rules out Dermatobia hominis for me.

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  3. AnonymousJune 3, 2019 at 9:59 PM

    Fly larvae always make me struggle. Bernardino Rocha just gave me the answer.
    Florida Fan

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  4. AnonymousJune 4, 2019 at 2:26 AM

    I also totally agree with Bernardino Rocha.
    Luis.

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  5. Marc CouturierJune 4, 2019 at 10:47 AM

    Another vote for tumbu fly. Great pictures!

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  6. Blaine A. MathisonJune 4, 2019 at 1:53 PM

    I agree with Cordylobia, and the more strongly sinuate spiracles supports C. rodhaini over the more commonly-seen (on humans), C. anthropophaga.

    In Africa, if you allow your laundry to air dry
    Make sure you iron it! Wanna know why?
    'cuz this diabolical dipterian lays its eggs on fomites
    especially on clothes and sheets dried by sunlight
    and that's how you get exposed to the tumbu fly!

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  7. William SearsJune 4, 2019 at 2:25 PM

    Tumbu fly

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  8. Old OneJune 4, 2019 at 2:53 PM

    Hooray for Bernardino a wiz at diagnostics

    Lumd’s fly no match for his skillful forensics

    The folks on the blog all think he is swell

    Never missing his mark, the new William Tell

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  9. Bernardino RochaJune 4, 2019 at 8:30 PM

    Thank you for the sympathy

    My gifts in poetry are very vague and scattered.
    Captain Lund's fly never fails an egg in the naked epidermis,
    like the arrow thrown and marked in the reckless dermis
    of William Tell's victims, poor skin so badly tempered.

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  10. Old OneJune 4, 2019 at 10:25 PM

    wonderful

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