Vaginal hirudiniasis from Dhaherah province, Oman : with a note on internal hirudiniasis

Abstract EN

A 75 years old lady from the Dhaherah Province, Oman, presented at Ibri Hospital, complaining from abnormal vaginal bleeding.

Histopathological investigations of a cervical biopsy revealed no atypical features.

A worm-like organism was removed from the vagina.

Histocytological investigations of the organism revealed typical structures of a leech.

The case was identified as vaginal hirudiniasis, probably due to Limnatis nilotica that necessitated a note on internal hirudiniasis.