Tehran University of Medical Sciences Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases 2322-1984 1 2 2007 12 15 53 56 EN H Razmjou Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Gh Mowlavi Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. M Nateghpour Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. S Solaymani-Mohamadi Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. EB Kia Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 2015 10 03 Here we describe a case of ophthalmomyiasis in a male patient with basal cell carcinoma. During the operation several live and motile maggots were removed from the lesion. Preliminary examination on the larvae confirmed their affiliation to the genus Sarcophaga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).This genus is widely distributed throughout the world and species are very difficult to identify. The authors made at¬tempt to approach species identification by rearing larvae to the adult flesh flies, but due to shortage of adult male specimen, reliable diagnosis in the level of species was not obtained. Possible interaction between ocular myiasis and malignancy concerning the case has not been addressed in this paper. https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/19 https://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/download/19/17