ArticleCureus2020
Cutaneous Pseudolymphoma As a Rare Adverse Effect of Medicinal Leech Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
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- Cutaneous Lymphoid Hyperplasia: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Septic Gangrene and Thrombophlebitis Following Leech Therapy in a Patient with Undiagnosed Arterial Occlusive Disease: A Case Report.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Cutaneous miliary Lymphocytoma: A Case Report with Immunohistochemical Findings.Iranian journal of pathology · 2025Article
- Cutaneous pseudolymphoma: a case series of three patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- LethalAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- [Cutaneous pseudolymphoma after hirudotherapy : Case report and review].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2022Article
- Hirudotherapy for limb ischemia in the pediatric intensive care unit: A retrospective observational cohort.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Hirudotherapy (leech therapy) is one of the oldest practices in medical history, and nowadays it is used for several purposes in medicine. Salvage of flaps, wound healing, pain management, and treatment of varicose veins are among the common therapeutic applications of leeches. Complications associated with leech therapy include infections, bleeding, anemia, and allergic reaction. Cutaneous pseudolymphoma (benign proliferation of lymphoid cells in the skin) follows several underlying conditions. Although persistent arthropod bite reaction is one of the conditions associated with cutaneous pseudolymphoma, it has been rarely reported after medicinal leech therapy. Here we describe the case of a patient who presented with cutaneous pseudolymphoma after leech therapy as a rare cutaneous complication of hirudotherapy.
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