Feeding gastrostomy stoma site cutaneous myiasis: a rare entity

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. e244352
Author(s):  
Snehasis Das ◽  
Naveen Kumar Gaur ◽  
Oseen Hajilal Shaikh ◽  
Uday Shamrao Kumbhar

Infestation of any dead or necrotic tissues by the larvae of flies (maggots) is myiasis. This form of habitation is not restricted to any particular tissues in the body and can occur anywhere. However, myiasis at the surgical stoma site is very rare. We present a 55-year-old woman diagnosed with metastatic carcinoma of the oesophagus who underwent feeding gastrostomy (FG). The patient later presented with worms at the FG site. We removed the FG tube, cleared all the maggots, thoroughly cleaned the wound and placed a new FG tube. Although its occurrences have been reported enough in medical history, there are only two documented cases of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy stoma site myiasis. Hence, we present the first case in the literature of cutaneous myiasis around an FG stoma site.

2014 ◽  
Vol 141 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanjing Zhang ◽  
Stephanie A. Dean ◽  
Emma E. Furth ◽  
Gregory S. Weinstein ◽  
Virginia A. LiVolsi ◽  
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Author(s):  
Alpesh D. Fefar ◽  
Paresh J. Khavdu ◽  
Mukesh N. Dodia ◽  
Sejal N. Mistry ◽  
Manish R. Mehta

<p class="abstract"><span lang="EN-US">Epitheloid hemangio-endothelioma is a very rare tumour of intermittent malignancy of vascular origin, having a tendency to recur with rare incidence of metastasis. The tumour is intermediate between haemangioma and angiosarcoma, mainly affecting liver, lung as well as bones, skin, penis, ovary, scalp, or any part of the body. Internet search was made with the key words epitheloid hemangio-endothelioma and epitheloid hemangio-endothelioma of Larynx, since now only single case has been reported from larynx involving subglottis. Hence we report this rare entity with involvement of the larynx (Sub site: Rt. Aryepiglottic fold) describing clinical and histopathological characteristic. This is perhaps the first case of epitheloid hemangio-endothelioma involving aryepiglottic fold.</span></p>


2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 028
Author(s):  
Shengjun Wu ◽  
Peng Teng ◽  
Yiming Ni ◽  
Renyuan Li

Coronary sinus aneurysm (CSA) is an extremely rare entity. Herein, we present an unusual case of an 18-year-old symptomatic female patient with a giant CSA. Secondary vena cava aneurysms were also manifested. The final diagnosis was confirmed by enhanced computed tomography (CT) and cardiac catheterization. As far as we know, it is the first case that such a giant CSA coexists with secondary vena cava aneurysms. Considering the complexity of postoperative reconstruction, we believe that heart transplantation may be the optimal way for treatment. The patient received anticoagulant due to the superior vena cava (SVC) thrombosis while waiting for a donor.


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