Acute Lymphangitis after a Land Leech Bite

Acute superficial lymphangitis following pigeon mite bite.

DESCRIPTION Amedical residentwoke up in the nightwith an intense itch of the left wrist and recovered a tick nearby. The bite mark over 2 days progressed as a long linear erythematous, swollen and tender streak extending up to the axilla along the medial aspect of the upper limb (figures 1 and 2) alongwith a tender axillary lymphadenopathy. A Doppler ultrasound revealed normal venous system wit...

Leech-bite of the cornea.

Gynaecological complications of leech bite

In tropical countries, leech bites are common and reported to cause life-threatening complications. We would like to highlight two cases that represented acute and chronic gynaecological complications of leech bites. First case was a two-year-old girl who presented with persistent vaginal bleeding complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulopathy after a leech was forcefully removed from h...

Lymphangitis after tuberculin test.

After Mantoux testing with purified protein derivative (PPD) equivalent to 5 tuberculin units (TU), a 28 yr old man developed extensive erythema, induration and proximal lymphangitis. This is the only such case observed after Mantoux testing in approximately 500,000 subjects during 10 yrs in the Greek Army.

leech bite: a rare cause of postmenopausal vaginal bleeding