Purpose:To report a rare variant of the posterior septal artery(PSA),which supplies blood to the posterior mucosa of the contralateral nasal septum.Case report:A 31-year-old female patient underwent suture removal 14 ...
Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is a rare and often underdiagnosed congenital bleeding disorder caused by mutations in the genes encoding glycoproteins GPIIb or GPIIIa, resulting in platelet dysfunction. Inherited in an...
Internal carotid artery (ICA) aneurysms are an unusual but serious cause of epistaxis. This epistaxis is massive and sometimes uncontrollable threatening the vital prognosis of patients. We report the case of a 16-yea...
Background: Aneurysms of the internal carotid artery within the petrous temporal bone are extremely rare;their true incidence is unknown. The exact cause is unclear: they may be congenital or result from trauma, infec...
Background: Epistaxis affects much of the population and is a common medical complaint seen across a variety of medical settings. Current standard of care treatment includes a range of options from topical therapy to ...
BACKGROUND Reports of a decrease in hospital admissions during the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)lockdown period have raised concerns about delayed or missed diagnoses and treatments for non-COVID-19-related illne...
In a medical setting,such as the treatment of post-operative nosebleeds,nasal packing,including the use of nasal packs,nasal plugs or nasal tampons(NTs),is widely used to temporarily control anterior epistaxis.Althoug...
Background:Pediatric epistaxis is one of the most common and frequently occurring diseases,while its pathogenesis is complicated and remains to be fully elucidated.Objective:This work aims to explore the therapeutic e...