Background: Cerebral myiasis is a rare parasitic disease, especially in postoperative neurological surgery.
Case description: We report a case of postoperative myiasis in a patient who underwent a craniotomy for resection of metastatic melanoma, evolving with wound dehiscence due to myiasis in the operative wound.
Conclusion: Myiasis infestation should be a differential diagnosis of surgical wound dehiscence, particularly when the classic signs of inflammation are not present and computed tomography of the brain shows signs suggestive of this disease entity.
Keywords: Myiasis; neurosurgical procedure; postoperative period.