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28 September 2021 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF CUTANEOUS MYIASIS IN AN ORNATE BOX TURTLE (TERRAPENE ORNATA ORNATA)
Chelsea J. O'Toole, Katherine Quesenberry, La'Toya Latney, Alexandre B. Le Roux
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Abstract

A juvenile intact female ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata) was referred for evaluation of right-sided appendicular swelling that was nonresponsive to antimicrobial therapy. Computed tomography (CT) revealed severe soft tissue swelling of the limbs and neck, with multiple associated tortuous gas-filled sinus tracts extending from the cutaneous surface, which contained oblong soft tissue attenuating structures. These CT findings were most consistent with migrating dipterous larvae. Surgical exploration was performed and six sarcophagid larvae (Superfamily Oestroidea) were extracted. To our knowledge, this is the first case report in veterinary medicine providing antemortem CT imaging features of cutaneous myiasis in a reptile.

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Chelsea J. O'Toole, Katherine Quesenberry, La'Toya Latney, and Alexandre B. Le Roux "COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF CUTANEOUS MYIASIS IN AN ORNATE BOX TURTLE (TERRAPENE ORNATA ORNATA)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 52(3), 1090-1094, (28 September 2021). https://doi.org/10.1638/2021-0013
Accepted: 18 June 2021; Published: 28 September 2021
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