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Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report
BACKGROUND: Leeches belong to a group of annelids of the class Hirudinea which are blood feeding ecto-parasites of humans, wild animals and domesticated animals. A leech can suck out as much blood as ten times its own weight. Leech can occur at different sites in humans commonly in the eyes, nasopha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8047237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33883854 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.27 |
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author | Tilahun, Tsion Babu, Hawi Berhane, Melkamu |
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description | BACKGROUND: Leeches belong to a group of annelids of the class Hirudinea which are blood feeding ecto-parasites of humans, wild animals and domesticated animals. A leech can suck out as much blood as ten times its own weight. Leech can occur at different sites in humans commonly in the eyes, nasopharynx, larynx, urethra, and vagina and rarely in the rectum. CASE DETAILS: This is a four years old male child who presented with painless, bright red rectal bleeding for two weeks. Heamatocrit was 9.2%. Leech was removed from the rectum by letting the child sit on a bucket of water. The patient was transfused, followed for 24 hours and discharged with iron sulphate syrup. CONCLUSION: Leech infestation should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a child presenting with hematochezia. |
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spelling | pubmed-80472372021-04-20 Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report Tilahun, Tsion Babu, Hawi Berhane, Melkamu Ethiop J Health Sci Case Report BACKGROUND: Leeches belong to a group of annelids of the class Hirudinea which are blood feeding ecto-parasites of humans, wild animals and domesticated animals. A leech can suck out as much blood as ten times its own weight. Leech can occur at different sites in humans commonly in the eyes, nasopharynx, larynx, urethra, and vagina and rarely in the rectum. CASE DETAILS: This is a four years old male child who presented with painless, bright red rectal bleeding for two weeks. Heamatocrit was 9.2%. Leech was removed from the rectum by letting the child sit on a bucket of water. The patient was transfused, followed for 24 hours and discharged with iron sulphate syrup. CONCLUSION: Leech infestation should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a child presenting with hematochezia. Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8047237/ /pubmed/33883854 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.27 Text en © 2020 Tsion Tilahun, et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tilahun, Tsion Babu, Hawi Berhane, Melkamu Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report |
title | Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report |
title_full | Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report |
title_short | Leech in the Rectum Causing Lower GI Bleeding in a Four Years Old Child: A Case Report |
title_sort | leech in the rectum causing lower gi bleeding in a four years old child: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8047237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33883854 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v30i6.27 |
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