A case of living leech in nasal cavity
This paper presents a case of a patient with a 3-month history of recurrent right-sided epistaxis with heavy bleeding for 4-days. Leech infestation in the nasal cavity was found to be the main cause of the epistaxis via endoscopic examination. Epistaxis caused by leech infestation although rare, can...
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| author | Nan Hou Die Lv Kai Zhao Xiao-li Xu Wen-bing Yang Yi Wang |
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| description | This paper presents a case of a patient with a 3-month history of recurrent right-sided epistaxis with heavy bleeding for 4-days. Leech infestation in the nasal cavity was found to be the main cause of the epistaxis via endoscopic examination. Epistaxis caused by leech infestation although rare, can cause serious problems. When the clinicians meet the patients with unexplained intermittent epistaxis, leech infections must be taken into consideration. In this case, a 5-cm in length dark brown leech was removed with ethmoid forceps under local anesthesia by nasal endoscopy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d665cf07f9949e4aa16f33eb209cb162022-12-21T22:31:31ZengElsevierOtolaryngology Case Reports2468-54882021-06-0119100277A case of living leech in nasal cavityNan Hou0Die Lv1Kai Zhao2Xiao-li Xu3Wen-bing Yang4Yi Wang5Clinical Medical College and the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, China; Corresponding author.Clinical Medical College and the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, ChinaPeople's Hospital of Mingshan District Ya'an, ChinaClinical Medical College and the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, ChinaPeople's Hospital of Mingshan District Ya'an, ChinaClinical Medical College and the First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, China; Corresponding author.This paper presents a case of a patient with a 3-month history of recurrent right-sided epistaxis with heavy bleeding for 4-days. Leech infestation in the nasal cavity was found to be the main cause of the epistaxis via endoscopic examination. Epistaxis caused by leech infestation although rare, can cause serious problems. When the clinicians meet the patients with unexplained intermittent epistaxis, leech infections must be taken into consideration. In this case, a 5-cm in length dark brown leech was removed with ethmoid forceps under local anesthesia by nasal endoscopy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548821000175Leech infestationEpistaxisNasal cavity |
| spellingShingle | Nan Hou Die Lv Kai Zhao Xiao-li Xu Wen-bing Yang Yi Wang A case of living leech in nasal cavity Otolaryngology Case Reports Leech infestation Epistaxis Nasal cavity |
| title | A case of living leech in nasal cavity |
| title_full | A case of living leech in nasal cavity |
| title_fullStr | A case of living leech in nasal cavity |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case of living leech in nasal cavity |
| title_short | A case of living leech in nasal cavity |
| title_sort | case of living leech in nasal cavity |
| topic | Leech infestation Epistaxis Nasal cavity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548821000175 |
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