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Case Report

Esophageal Hirudiniasis: an Unusual Cause of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Moufida Mahmoudi1 Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Nabeul, Tunisia
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Sahar Nasr1 Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Nabeul, TunisiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Amal Khsiba1 Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Nabeul, TunisiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6102-8830
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Mouna Medhioub1 Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Nabeul, Tunisia
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Lamine Hamzaoui1 Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Nabeul, Tunisia
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Mohamed Mssadek Azzouz1 Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Tahar Maamouri University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, Nabeul, Tunisia
Article: FSO802 | Received 12 Apr 2022, Accepted 09 Jun 2022, Published online: 27 Jun 2022

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