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Hirudiniasis

MedGen UID:: 507813
•Concept ID:: C0019575
•: Disease or Syndrome

Synonyms:	Hirudinea caused disease or disorder; Hirudinea disease or disorder; Hirudinea infectious disease; hirudiniasis; Hirudiniasis - leech infestation; Leech infestation; Leeches; leeches
SNOMED CT:	Leech infestation (64351000); Hirudiniasis (64351000); Leeches (64351000); Hirudiniasis - leech infestation (64351000)

Monarch Initiative:	MONDO:0001191

Definition

An disease or disorder caused by infection with Hirudinea. [from MONDO]

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tyrannobdella rex n. gen. n. sp. and the evolutionary origins of mucosal leech infestations.

Phillips AJ, Arauco-Brown R, Oceguera-Figueroa A, Gomez GP, Beltrán M, Lai YT, Siddall ME
PLoS One 2010 Apr 14;5(4):e10057. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010057. PMID: 20418947 Free PMC Article

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Diagnosis

Nasal leeches and epistaxis: A case series.

Bhujel K, Singh S, Kumar A, Sharma HS, Mishra D, Moshahary S
Trop Doct 2023 Jan;53(1):151-153. Epub 2022 Oct 19 doi: 10.1177/00494755221132875. PMID: 36259222

Reach the Leech: An Unusual Cause of Hematuria.

Mansoor SN, Anwar Z, Sheen SN
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak 2016 Feb;26(2):156-7. PMID: 26876408

Leech endoparasitism: report of a case and review of the literature.

Montazeri F, Bedayat A, Jamali L, Salehian M, Montazeri G
Eur J Pediatr 2009 Jan;168(1):39-42. Epub 2008 Jun 12 doi: 10.1007/s00431-008-0706-1. PMID: 18548278

Laryngeal hirudiniasis: an unusual cause of airway obstruction and hemoptysis.

Mohammad Y, Rostum M, Dubaybo BA
Pediatr Pulmonol 2002 Mar;33(3):224-6. doi: 10.1002/ppul.10065. PMID: 11836803

Nasal hirudiniasis in Kumaon Hills, India.

Gupta SC
Trop Geogr Med 1980 Dec;32(4):303-5. PMID: 7210168

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