A rare cause of respiratory distress and hemopytsis: Laryngeal leech infestation

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 543-545

  Ulkumen, Burak ^a   Yilmaz, Serif ^a  

^a Ozel Batman Dunya Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Dyspnea; Foreign bodies; Hemoptysis; Larynx; Leeches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ECTOPARASITOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGLOTTIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LEECH; MALE; MELENA; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84861883138     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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