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

• DOI: 10.25000/acem.434115
• Publication Date: 2018-11-30T14:53:06Z
• Authors: Habibullah AKTAŞ; Aziz Ahmad HAMİDİ; Gökşen ERTUĞRUL; Harun EROL
• Keywords: Pseudolymphoma

Medicinal leech application is a common traditional therapy used for various disorders in many cultures thousands of years. Although it usually safe method, serious side effects can also be seen. As rare effect this cutaneous pseudolymphoma reactive skin disease caused by foreign antigens, infectious processes and arthropod bites. Idiopathic cases sometimes In article, we present case an elderly woman with multiple nodules over her lumbar region emerging after application.