Abstract Background Severe epistaxis is one of the most common emergencies in rhinology practices. The commonly used endoscopic cauterization sphenopalatine artery (SPA), alone or with anterior ethmoidal (AEA), has a high success rate for controlling severe epistaxis. current study was conducted to evaluate intra-operative variations SPA between and non-epistaxis cases. Forty consecutive patien...

Abstract Introduction Many patients with epistaxis are seen in the A&E department. A significant number discharged without need for inpatient admission due to minor bleeds. given limited information on management of further bleeds and even fewer advised prevention Aim To evaluate advice who from A+E, instigate an improvement examine subsequent effect re-attendance rates Method Epistaxis A+E...

Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is an autosomal dominant disease in which arteriovenous communications are typically seen in the skin, mucosal surfaces, lungs, brain and gastrointestinal tract. This disease typically presents as epistaxis, gastrointestinal bleeding and arteriovenous malformations (in the brain and lungs). Although the epistaxis and gastrointestinal bleeding can result in ...

Epistaxis is a common problem encountered in clinical practice. It is usually self-limiting and is usually controlled with conservative measures such as nasal compression or ice-packs. Occasionally nasal packing is required. It is rarely severe enough that surgical intervention is warranted. The following report illustrates a patient who presented to us with a rare cause of life-threatening epi...

Facial and skull base trauma can cause clinically significant epistaxis. Optimal evaluation and treatment require knowledge of the pertinent vascular and skull base anatomy. We describe a patient with extensive skull base injury and epistaxis in whom CT revealed a fracture through the roof of the nasopharynx and arteriography showed injury to the pterygovaginal (pharyngeal) artery. The fracture...

Epistaxis is a common complication in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. Its treatment is generally aimed at controlling the frequency and severity of nasal hemorrhage and involves surgery, transcatheter embolization, topical treatment, or a combination. Despite this multitude of treatment methods, the long-term prognosis for many patients remains poor. We describe a patient i...

Osler-Weber-Rendu disease (OWRD) or Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder that causes muco-cutanesous and visceral vascular dysplasia and results in increased tendency for bleeding [1-4]. Patients with HHT may present with variety of symptoms and management differs accordingly. Epistaxis is the most common symptom of HHT and mucocutaneous telangiectas...

This is the report of a 28 year old woman who had a holocranial pulsating headache once a month with nausea, photophobia and phonophobia lasting about 48 hours. There was no preceding aura. The headache used to subside on every occasion with profuse epistaxis from both nostrils. Her neurological and otolaryngological examination was normal. MRI brain showed no abnormality. During one of the exa...