An unusual cause of epistaxis, anemia and upper respiratory tract obstruction, Leeches: Report of three cases

The leech is an endoparasite for man and may cause lethal complications. In this article, we report two cases of 4 and 6-year-old who presented epistaxis due to leech infestasyon in nasopharynx and other case of 65-year-old adult with alzheimer who presented obstruction of upper respiratory tracks a...

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Main Authors: Engin Şengül, Salih Bakır, Cemile Arıkan Şengül, Ömer Erdur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Modestum Publishing LTD 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
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Online Access:http://www.jceionline.org/upload/sayi/10/JCEI-00341.pdf