RESUMEN

Leech infestation can cause many different clinical symptoms such as epistaxis, haemoptysis, haematemesis, and vaginal bleeding. Therefore leech infestation should be considered as a cause of unexplained severe anemia in rural areas where aquatic leeches are common. In this paper we report a case of pharyngeal leech infestation (Limnatis nilotica) presenting with haemoptysis, and epistaxis which resulted in difficulty in making a diagnosis.

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Anemia/etiología , Epistaxis/parasitología , Hemoptisis/parasitología , Sanguijuelas/patogenicidad , Enfermedades Parasitarias/complicaciones , Faringe/parasitología , Animales , Preescolar , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Epistaxis/complicaciones , Femenino , Hemoptisis/complicaciones , Humanos , Sanguijuelas/clasificación , Enfermedades Parasitarias/diagnóstico