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Abstract
A 75 years old lady from the Dhaherah Province, Oman, presented at Ibri Hospital, complaining from abnormal vaginal bleeding. Histopathological investigations of a cervical biopsy revealed no atypical features. A worm-like organism was removed from the vagina. Histocytological investigations of the organism revealed typical structures of a leech. The case was identified as vaginal hirudiniasis, probably due to Limnatis nilotica that necessitated a note on internal hirudiniasis.Entities:
Keywords: Case report; Limnatis nilotica; Oman; internal hirudiniasis; vagina
Year: 2006 PMID: 21748140 PMCID: PMC3074925
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J ISSN: 2075-051X