Though rare, myiasis can occur in North America without a travel history. Awareness of this entity, its epidemiologic patterns and diagnostic characteristics, can prevent lengthy delays in diagnosis and unnecessary treatments.
Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH) is an X-linked dominantly inherited syndrome of cutaneous, skeletal, dental, ocular, and soft tissue defects. We report on a female infant with FDH with the first observation of myelomeningocele with hydrocephalus and Arnold-Chiari malformation.
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