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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Main Authors: Malihe Hasanzadeh, Hossein Zarrinfar, Mohsen Najjari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100711&lng=en&tlng=en