Unusual Case of Bilateral Combined Retinal Vein and Artery Occlusion – Presumably due to Leech Therapy by Hirudo medicinalis

Abdullah Ağın; Ekin Ece Oskan; Birgul Bastan Tuzun; Nurdan Gocgun; Ganime Coban; Feyza Onder

doi:10.1055/a-2224-5333

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DOI: 10.1055/a-2224-5333

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Unusual Case of Bilateral Combined Retinal Vein and Artery Occlusion – Presumably due to Leech Therapy by Hirudo medicinalis

Ungewöhnlicher Fall eines bilateralen kombinierten Netzhautvenen- und -arterienverschlusses, vermutlich aufgrund einer Blutegeltherapie durch Hirudo medicinalis

Abdullah Ağın

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Ekin Ece Oskan

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Birgul Bastan Tuzun

²Department of Neurology, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Nurdan Gocgun

³Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Ganime Coban

⁴Department of Pathology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Feyza Onder

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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