title: [Internal hirudiniasis: vaginal bleeding resulting from leech bite].
abstract: A postmenopausic woman referred continuous bleeding during seven days, which suddenly started after she was swimming in the river. She didn't have a general symptoms. A gynecological examination showed that the cause of the bleeding was a leech bite on the vaginal wall. The worm was gave away by means of surgical forceps without complications. We described the clinical and pathological features of this unusual parasite attack.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General de Zona y M.F. No. 11 del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. Cd. Delicias, Chihuahua.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Ramírez Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007865:Leeches; D008875:Middle Aged; D014621:Vagina / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries*