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MASSIVE EPlSTAXlS FROM TRAUMATIC ANEURYSM OF THE INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
Author(s) -
Saim Lokman,
Rejab Esa,
Hamzah Mohamad,
Sakijan Samad,
Selvapragasam T.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00371.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ligation , aneurysm , surgery , internal carotid artery , carotid arteries , common carotid artery , head trauma , radiology
Intracavernous carotid artery aneurysm following head injury is a rare occurrence. Two such cases presenting with delayed but massive and repeated epistaxis are reported and the literature reviewed. The first case required a trapping procedure while the second case had only cervical carotid ligation to control the bleeding. Both resulted in no neurological sequelae.