Epistaxis Related to Internal Carotid Artery Cavernous Sinus Aneurysm
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چکیده
Epistaxis is simply known as nose bleeding, presented as hemorrhage from the nasal cavity which is noticed when blood flows out through nostrils. Nasal bleeding may occur due to nasal cavity and sinus disease, nasopharyngeal lesions, cavernous sinus lesions, rupture of artery and false aneurysm, some systemic diseases can also cause nasal bleeding. We describe an uncommon cause of epistaxis in this report and discuss the imaging findings, treatment course of our patient.
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