Vaginal hirudiniasis from Dhaherah Province, Oman: With a Note on Internal Hirudiniasis

oleh: Mohamed A Idris

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Sultan Qaboos University 2006-12-01

Deskripsi

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.