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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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2019-04-01
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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 |