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

Authors

Mohamed A. Idris, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine &Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box, 35, Al Khod 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Abstract

A 75 years old lady from the Dhaherah Province, Oman, presented at Ibri Hospital, complaining from abnormal vaginalbleeding. Histopathological investigations of a cervical biopsy revealed no atypical features. A worm-like organism was removed fromthe vagina. Histocytological investigations of the organism revealed typical structures of a leech. The case was identified as vaginalhirudiniasis, probably due to Limnatis nilotica that necessitated a note on internal hirudiniasis.

Publication Date

12-31-2006

First Page

83

Last Page

86

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Recommended Citation

Idris, Mohamed A. (2006) "Vaginal hirudiniasis from Dhaherah Province, Oman: With a Note on Internal Hirudiniasis," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal: Vol. 6: 83-86.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.2631