{"title":"A New Method for Removal of Supraglottic Leech Infestation, an Unusual Cause of Hemoptysis.","authors":"M. Kasraei, Ehsan Ramezanian Nik","doi":"10.22038/JCTM.2019.40770.1228","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Foreign bodies in upper airway may have various presentations and be life threatening. Leeches can attach to upper airway and cause serious problems. Herein we report a 55-year-old man with hemoptysis due to attachment of leech and explain our technique for its removal.","PeriodicalId":131413,"journal":{"name":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"journal of cardio-thoracic medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.22038/JCTM.2019.40770.1228","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Foreign bodies in upper airway may have various presentations and be life threatening. Leeches can attach to upper airway and cause serious problems. Herein we report a 55-year-old man with hemoptysis due to attachment of leech and explain our technique for its removal.