Multiple pseudolymphomas caused by Hirudo medicinalis therapy.
case_report · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 11050598.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
Therapy with medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis) is now frequently applied in plastic surgery and in the management of chronic venous insufficiency. We observed a patient in whom firm, brown-red, pea-sized papules developed at each site where leeches had been applied on the lower legs. Histology, immunohistology, and molecular analysis of T-cell receptor and immunoglobulin heavy chain gene rearrangement proved these lesions to be follicular pseudolymphomas.
Medical subject headings
- Leeches
- Pseudolymphoma
- Skin Diseases