en چشم Ophthalmology گزارش مورد Case Report <table align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" hspace="0" vspace="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left">Leeches are segmented worms belonging to Phylum Annelida and make up the subclass Hirudinea. Leeches have been historically used in medicine to suck blood from patients. Ocular infestation with leech is rare, moreover it is often misdiagnosed. In this report, we describe 2 patients with continuous bright ocular bleeding after swimming in a pool, and pseudo iris prolapse in a child after trauma with a wooden piece who immediately washed his face in a stream. Ocular leech infestation must be ruled out in children with a history of contamination or swimming in rural pool or streams.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="clear:both;"></div> Ocular, Infection, Leeches 36 38 http://jsurgery.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-115-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Seyyed Abbas Hosseinirad ahrad2@yahoo.com 10031947532846002421 10031947532846002421 Yes Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Gholamhossein Yaghoubi yaqubig@yahoo.com 10031947532846002422 10031947532846002422 No Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran Behrouz Haidari hb51958@yahoo.com 10031947532846002423 10031947532846002423 No Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran