title: Multiple live leeches from nose in a single patient- a rare entity.
abstract: Foreign bodies are a common cause of unilateral epistaxis in children. Both animate: and inanimate foreign bodies are commonly found but, leech as a cause of epistaxis is rare. Cases of leech infestation have been reported in the past but infrequently. Here we report an unusual case of bilateral epistaxis in a four years old child who had infestation with multiple live leeches.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Otorhinolaryngology, Government Medical College, Sector-32, 160 047 Chandigarh, India.
authors.lastname: Satyawati
authors.forename: Surinder K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dass
keywords: foreign body; leech; nose