Diagnosis and treatment of epistaxis caused by non-traumatic pseudoaneurysms of carotid artery  

作　　者：YOU Long-gui ZHANG Ke-hui ZHANG Xiao-an XIE Dong-hua YANG Ming-fu WANG Fu-hua HUANG Hai WANG Xin-tao XIAO Dao-xiong YAN Bin 

机构地区：[1]Department of Otolaryngology, Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China [2]Department of Radiology , Ganzhou People's Hospital, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China [3]Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA [4]Massey Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2009年第16期1955-1957,共3页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：Epistaxis remains one of the most common otolaryngology emergencies. Severe epistaxis may be caused by internal carotid artery （ICA） pseudoaneurysm or cavernous fistula, which is clinically rare but life threatening if it is not diagnosed and treated timely. Most ICA pseudoaneurysms are mainly caused by trauma with few other causes. From January 1998 to December 2005, a total of 8 cases with non-traumatic carotid artery pseudoaneurysm were correctly diagnosed through digital subtraction angiography （DSA） in Ganzhou People＇s Hospital. The patients had suffered from serious nose bleeding repeatedly and had been resistant to routine treatments.Epistaxis remains one of the most common otolaryngology emergencies. Severe epistaxis may be caused by internal carotid artery （ICA） pseudoaneurysm or cavernous fistula, which is clinically rare but life threatening if it is not diagnosed and treated timely. Most ICA pseudoaneurysms are mainly caused by trauma with few other causes. From January 1998 to December 2005, a total of 8 cases with non-traumatic carotid artery pseudoaneurysm were correctly diagnosed through digital subtraction angiography （DSA） in Ganzhou People＇s Hospital. The patients had suffered from serious nose bleeding repeatedly and had been resistant to routine treatments.

关 键 词：EPISTAXIS NON-TRAUMATIC carotid artery PSEUDOANEURYSM SINUS angiography EMBOLOTHERAPY 

分 类 号：R686[医药卫生—骨科学]