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Bloody Wiggler, a Case Report of a Leech in the Pharynx

Leeches are an unusual cause of epistaxis and haemoptysis that should be considered in places with poor access to water. In this case report, we present a 7-year-old girl previously mismanaged as bacterial pharyngitis but later discovered to be a leech in the pharynx. She had ingested a leech from a...

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Autores principales: Kasuka, Arafat, Bisso, Fred, Kabagenyi, Fiona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9507971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36164319
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S379722