Nasal Hirudiniasis: An Uncommon Cause of Unilateral Nasal Obstruction and Epistaxis
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Nasal Hirudiniasis--an unusual cause of epistaxis.
BACKGROUND Common causes for unilateral nasal bleeding in adults are benign or malignant tumours, deviated nasal septum, nasal trauma and foreign bodies. Nasal leech infestation has not been identified as a cause of nasal bleeding in most of the textbooks of Ear Nose and Throat. Over 3 years, at Combined Military Hospital Muzaffarabad, and Combined Military Hospital Abbottabad, we have dealt wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: An International Journal Clinical Rhinology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0974-4630,0975-6965
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10013-1070