Ziaei Hezarjaribi Hajar, Fakhar Mahdi, Yalveh Rezvan, Mousavi Sayed Abdollah, Banimostafavi Elham Sadat
Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Iran J Parasitol. 2018 Oct-Dec;13(4):661-663.
Leech infestation most frequently occurs in upper body cavities of children including pharynx, nose and esophagus and, more rarely, the vagina and vulva. Here we describe a 6-yr-old girl with vulvar bleeding caused by leech infestation that referred to the Emergency unit of the Booali Sina Hospital in Sari, Iran in Sep 2015. She had a history of swimming in a pond prior to the occurrence. The leech infestation particularly vulvar involvement among young girls is extremely rare and yet neglected event in the world.
水蛭感染最常发生在儿童的上体腔，包括咽部、鼻子和食道，较少见的是阴道和外阴。在此，我们描述一名6岁女童，因水蛭感染导致外阴出血，于2015年9月转诊至伊朗萨里市布阿利·西纳医院急诊科。她在发病前有在池塘游泳的病史。水蛭感染，尤其是年轻女孩外阴感染，在世界范围内极为罕见且常被忽视。
