Cutaneous pseudolymphomas after leech therapy

A case of cutaneous pseudolymphoma induced by medicinal leech application and review of the literature

“…Cutaneous pseudolymphomas caused by MLA have been rarely reported in the literature. The summary of reported cases are shown in Table [2,[7][8][9][10]. Among the cases, there was only one male patient, the others were women.…”

“…Probably the women are more interested in such traditional treatments. In female patients, the leech application was performed due to pain, contrary to an esthetic reason for the male patient [2,[7][8][9][10].…”

Cutaneous Pseudolymphoma As a Rare Adverse Effect of Medicinal Leech Therapy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…Persistent bite reaction frequently occurs following scabies and less commonly other arthropod bites. Few cases of pseudolymphomatous bite reaction have been reported after medicinal leech therapy [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Table 1 summarizes the features of the cases of cutaneous pseudolymphoma after medicinal leech therapy reported in the English language studies indexed in PubMed and Google Scholar.…”

“…Table 1 summarizes the features of the cases of cutaneous pseudolymphoma after medicinal leech therapy reported in the English language studies indexed in PubMed and Google Scholar. Most of the reported cases of leech-induced pseudolymphoma have been female patients [4,[6][7][8][9]11]. Most of the cases have tried it as a treatment for a medical problem including venous insufficiency, back pain, uterine myoma, and fibromyalgia [4,[6][7][8][9]11].…”

“…Pseudolymphomatous reaction to leech bites was first described by Smolle et al in 2000 [4]. To the best of our knowledge, English language studies have presented seven other cases so far [5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Herein, a new case of cutaneous pseudolymphoma is presented at the site of medicinal leech therapy.…”