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Leech Me Alone! Atraumatic Hemarthrosis after Hirudotherapy

A 58-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a chief complaint of knee pain and swelling after performing hirudotherapy (leech therapy) approximately one week prior. Knee arthrocentesis demonstrated significant hemarthrosis. Hirudotherapy is being used for a broad array of reasons i...

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Autores principales: Curcio, Janine, Lloyd, Christopher M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190470
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6915