Infestation of a blood-sucking leech, Hirudo nipponia Whitman, in human's eye
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Misdiagnosis of Ocular Leech Infestation
Leeches are segmented worms belonging to Phylum Annelida and make up the subclass Hirudinea. Leeches have been historically used in medicine to suck blood from patients. Ocular infestation with leech is rare, moreover it is often misdiagnosed. In this report, we describe 2 patients with continuous bright ocular bleeding after swimming in a pool, and pseudo iris prolapse in a child after trauma ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Entomology and Zoology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0424-7086,2185-5609
DOI: 10.7601/mez.35.319