Myiasis on a spindle cell squamous cell carcinoma: A scanning electron microscope observation of Lucilia sericata larvae
Ryo Fukaura
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorChiaki Terashima-Murase
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShoichiro Mori
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYukiko Higa
Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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Masashi Akiyama
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Masashi Akiyama, Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorRyo Fukaura
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorChiaki Terashima-Murase
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorShoichiro Mori
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorYukiko Higa
Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Masashi Akiyama
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Correspondence
Masashi Akiyama, Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan.
Email: [email protected]
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None declared.
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