Pseudo-Romaña Sign Due to Botfly Infestation

Authors

Michele D. Granada
Susana B. Samaniego
Paul T. Cantey
Wayne K. Gall
Gary Wormser, New York Medical CollegeFollow

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.1097/IPC.0b013e3182910363

Journal Title

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

First Page

180

Last Page

184

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2014

Department

Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Abstract

We report a patient who presented with unilateral periorbital edema after a short-term travel to an endemic area for Chagas disease and exposure to triatomine (reduviid) bugs. The diagnosis, however, was furuncular myiasis, not Chagas disease. This case emphasizes that there are multiple parasitic agents besides

Recommended Citation

Granada, M. D., Samaniego, S. B., Cantey, P. T., Gall, W. K., & Wormser, G. (2014). Pseudo-Romaña Sign Due to Botfly Infestation. Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 22 (3), 180-184. https://doi.org/10.1097/IPC.0b013e3182910363