Literature DB >> 23133141

An unusual cause of haematuria.

Madhumita Mukhopadhyay1, Anil Kumar Saha, Amitava Sarkar, S Mukherjee.   

Abstract

We report an unusual cause of haematuria in a young male patient due to leech in urinary bladder. The patient presented with undiagnosed haematuria of 12 days duration. Sonography is a safe and noninvasive procedure for diagnosis. Most of the leeches are micturated out spontaneously.

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Keywords:  Haematuria; Leech; Urinary bladder

Year:  2009        PMID： 23133141      PMCID： PMC3452475          DOI： 10.1007/s12262-009-0042-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Indian J Surg        ISSN： 0973-9793            Impact factor:   0.656


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