BACKGROUND Epistaxis is a common medical problem in pediatric population. Although in most cases it is mild and self-limiting, a proportion of childhood epistaxis is massive, recurrent, or resistant to conventional management. OBJECTIVE To compare effectiveness of propranolol as a treatment option for childhood epistaxis versus conventional silver nitrate cautery. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODOLO...

OBJECTIVE To report the incidence and risk factors associated with delayed epistaxis (2-8 days after the procedure) after external dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR). DESIGN We identified and analyzed all cases of patients who underwent external DCR procedures at 2 institutions from January 1999 through December 2005. Cases of delayed epistaxis and their final surgical outcome were compared with tho...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of bevacizumab ("Avastin") for the treatment of epistaxis in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). METHODS In this double blind, placebo controlled trial, 15 adult patients with HHT with a minimum of 2 epistaxis episodes per week were randomized. A history of thromboembolic events or recent or planned surgery led to e...

BACKGROUND Epistaxis remains a common otorhinolaryngological emergency in most hospital emergency departments with varied manifestations. The pattern as seen in a tertiary health institution in Sokoto, Nigeria is the subject of this paper. METHOD This is a 5 year retrospective study (January 1995-December 1999) of all cases of epistaxis presenting at or referred to the Ear, Nose and Throat (E...

INTRODUCTION Since the introduction of nasal endoscopy into the field of Otorhinolaryngology, the treatment paradigm for cases of severe epistaxis has shifted toward early and precise identification of the bleeding site. Although severe epistaxis is usually considered to arise from posterior bleeding, an arterial vascular pedicle in the superior portion of the nasal septum, around the axilla pr...

BACKGROUND Epistaxis is a common problem in childhood. It has been shown that children with recurrent epistaxis are more likely to have nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus. It has been suggested that low-grade inflammation, crusting and increased vascularity due to bacterial colonization contributes to the development of epistaxis in children. AIMS This study aimed to investigate th...

a rare case of splenic harmartoma in a 31 year old female is reported. she was admitted with splenomegaly, fever and chronic history of epistaxis. routine hematological survey revealed pancytopenia and mild hypercellular marrow. abdominal sonography showed a space-occupying lesion in the spleen which was suspected as malignant tumor. splenectomy was performed and histologic findings were diagno...

We hypothesized that some characteristics of beta-blockers, including negative inotropic, peripheral vasoconstrictor, and antiangiogenic effects, might be potentially useful in treating children with epistaxis. From June 2010 to March 2012, a total of seven children with recurrent primary epistaxis resistant to conventional management were observed at our institution. An overall effectiveness o...

Epistaxis is a reasonably common and usually minor condition, although in rare cases it can be severe and life threatening. Benjamin Guy Babington described a family with individual members in five generations who had commonly and at times severe epistaxis, and he recognized this as an inherited epistaxis syndrome [1]. Diagnostic acuity of the time was limited, leading to confusion between fami...

AIM Intracranial internal carotid artery aneurysms are an extremely rare cause of spontaneous epistaxis, with a few documented cases. The management of such cases is challenging due to the relative anatomical inaccessibility of the bleeding point. The aim of the present study was to acquaint the readers with this rare type of aneurysm presenting with epistaxis and to report our experience of tr...