CONJUNCTIVAL MYIASIS DUE TO OESTRUS OVIS: REPORT OF A CASE

The American literature does not contain many references to conjunctival infestation with larvae of the sheep gadfly. There are a fairly large number of reported cases in foreign publications. Serious consequences are apparently infrequent, and this is likely one reason no more cases are reported. A number of articles dealing with intraocular myiasis can be found. DeBoe¹ in 1933 reported seeing a larva coming through the lamina cribrosa. Other authors who have reported cases of intraocular myiasis are O'Brien and Allen,² McBride³ and Wright.⁴ Sniderman⁵ in 1939 reported a case of conjunctival myiasis and in reviewing the American literature could find only 5 previously reported cases. These were by Stark,⁶ Lyon,⁷ Schenck,⁸ Bedsole and Neal⁹ and Mustard.¹⁰

REPORT OF CASE  While working at his job with the Virginia Public Service Company, the patient was struck in the right eye by a