Unusual vaginal bleeding due to a leech bite in a girl from a tropical area: A case report

Abstract This study describes the isolation of a leech following the presentation of unusual vaginal bleeding. Vaginal bleeding in children due to a leech bite is very rare. This is the first report of severe bleeding in a virgin 14-year-old girl from Mashhad, Iran due to the presence of a leech in...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Malihe Hasanzadeh, Hossein Zarrinfar, Mohsen Najjari
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019
Subjects:
Leech bite
Bleeding
Vagina
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Leech
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0425-2018
https://doaj.org/article/d4bb848b70234c009bd289b9685d7727
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Summary:Abstract This study describes the isolation of a leech following the presentation of unusual vaginal bleeding. Vaginal bleeding in children due to a leech bite is very rare. This is the first report of severe bleeding in a virgin 14-year-old girl from Mashhad, Iran due to the presence of a leech in the vagina.

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