ABSTRACT
Cutaneous myiasis [CM] is invasion of human skin by larvae of dipterous flies CM is encountered world-wide and is endemic in several tropical countries, mainly in central and south American. Cases have been reported in non-tropical countries such as USA, UK, Germany, and Japan. Patients with CM due to Dermatobia hominis usually suffer from painful pruritic furuncular skin lesion with a serous or seropurulent discharge accompanied by a crawling sensation. The disease may resolve spontaneously, however conservative and/or surgical treatment may be indicated. Fatal CM due to D. hominis was reported from Brazil where a scalp lesion had disseminated into the brain. In Sudan, CM seems uncommon, unreported or probably underdiagnosed. In this communication we describe a case of CM due to D. hominis which seems to have been acquired from an indigenous source