POCUS IOTW: Embedded Larvae
Posted on: August 29, 2018, by : Haroon Shaukat MD
Patient presented with boils. Recent to travel to Ethiopia.
US image shows hyperechoic area – bright white area (arrow)
Incision and EXTRACTION of a larva.
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