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ORPHA:165958Disease
What it is
Cavitary myiasis is a rare parasitic disease characterized by the infestation of natural body cavities (e.g. aural, nasal, oral, urogenital myiasis) and internal organs (e.g. cerebral myiasis, ophthalmomyiasis, intestinal and tracheopulmonary myiasis) with dipteran larvae. Clinical presentation is variable depending on the affected site(s) and degree of infestation and include foreign-body sensation (with or without movement sensation), hemorrhage, pain, edema, sensory loss, malodor, and pruritus, among others. Neurological features (e.g. motor deficits, seizures, reduced mental status, extrapyramidal signs) have been reported in cerebral myiasis.
Key facts
- Prevalence
- <1 / 1 000 000
- Age of onset
- All ages
- Inheritance
- Not applicable
- Classified as
- Disease
Prevalence figures describe populations, not individuals, and are often estimates from a single study. Where the figure is an incidence or a birth prevalence, it says so.
ICD-10 codes
Related health topics
Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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