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Myiasis of orbit

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Myiasis of orbit – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1368824321

This is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live mammal by fly larvae (maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue. Although flies are most commonly attracted to open wounds and urine- or faeces-soaked fur, some species (including the most common myiatic flies, the botfly, blowfly and screwfly) can create an infestation even on unbroken skin and have even been known to use moist soil and non-myiatic flies (such as the common housefly) as vector agents for their parasitic larvae. This diagnosis is of the cavity or socket of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated.