| [a case report of nasal infestation by the leech, dinobdella ferox]. | a 55-year-old man in okagaki town, fukuoka prefecture, pulled a nasal leech from his nostril in july 1987, after suffering from nosebleed, copious running snivels as well as unpleasant foreign body sensation in the nasal cavity. except for nasal septum deviation, no abnormality in the ears and mouth cavity nor bleeding, ulcerous and erosive changes in the nasal cavity were found. the formalin-fixed specimen of the leech was nearly black with no definite stripes or spots, and measured 3.5 cm in l ... | 1988 | 3406594 |