[Myasis due to Cordylobia anthrophaga (Diptera: Calliphoirdae): description of a clinical case and review of the literature].

A case of myiasis due to Cordylobia anthropophaga is reported. The patient, an Italian man 44 years old, had come back from Nigeria and Ghana. He presented two nodular erythematous lesions of about 1 cm in diameter, on his back and right arm. From the lesions two third larval stage of C. anthropophaga were extracted. The authors report a short review about myiasis cases described in the scientific literature in Italy.