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Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 155-157 |
Intraperitoneal leech: A rare complication of leech bite
Manoj Saha, Sedengulie Nagi
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam, India
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Manoj Saha D-1, Asahdeep Tower, A. K. Azad Road, Rehabari, Guwahati, Assam - 781 008 India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.86877
An intraperitoneal leech, which entered through vagina and uterus in a 2-year-old girl is reported. The child presented with intraperitoneal hemorrhage and shock. A leech inside the peritoneal cavity has never been reported in the literature.
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