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Living leech in nose and nasopharynx—An unusual foreign body (report of two cases)

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Leech in nose and nasopharynx is an unusual foreign body. It presents peculiar problems and some necessary precautions are to be observed while removing it. We are reporting two such cases with a review of various interesting methods adopted by various authors for its removal.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Ansari Nagar, 110 029, New Delhi, India

    S. Kumar (Senior Resident), Arjun Dev (Pool Officer), L. K. Kochhar (Post-Doctoral Fellow) & A. M. Singh (Junior Resident)

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Kumar, S., Dev, A., Kochhar, L.K. et al. Living leech in nose and nasopharynx—An unusual foreign body (report of two cases). Indian J Otolaryngol 41, 160–161 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02993832

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