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Bronchoscopic removal of a leech from the trachea by cryotherapy

This report presents a 74‐year‐old man with haemoptysis, cough and pharyngeal discomfort. Bronchoscopy revealed a brown worm‐like moving foreign body attaching to the upper trachea approximately 2 cm below the glottis. This worm was identified as a leech, measured about 4 cm and was mobile. It was r...

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Autores principales: Li, Dengyuan, Sun, Danxiong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9376144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35801687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/crj.13522