Intraperitoneal leech: A rare complication of leech bite

An intraperitoneal leech, which entered through vagina and uterus in a 2-year-old girl is reported. The child presented with intraperitoneal hemorrhage and shock. A leech inside the peritoneal cavity has never been reported in the literature.

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Autores principales: Saha, Manoj, Nagi, Sedengulie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3221160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22121316
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.86877
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spelling pubmed-32211602011-11-25 Intraperitoneal leech: A rare complication of leech bite Saha, Manoj Nagi, Sedengulie J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg Case Report An intraperitoneal leech, which entered through vagina and uterus in a 2-year-old girl is reported. The child presented with intraperitoneal hemorrhage and shock. A leech inside the peritoneal cavity has never been reported in the literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3221160/ /pubmed/22121316 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9261.86877 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Intraperitoneal leech: A rare complication of leech bite
title_full Intraperitoneal leech: A rare complication of leech bite
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title_full_unstemmed Intraperitoneal leech: A rare complication of leech bite
title_short Intraperitoneal leech: A rare complication of leech bite
title_sort intraperitoneal leech: a rare complication of leech bite
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3221160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22121316
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