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MASSIVE EPISTAXIS FROM A RUPTURED TRAUMATIC INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM
Author(s) -
BURTON ROBERT
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb110625.x
Subject(s) - medicine , internal carotid artery , aneurysm , surgery , blindness , head trauma , carotid arteries , optometry
Massive delayed epistaxis after head injury is uncommon. However, when it does occur, the possibility of a ruptured traumatic internal carotid artery aneurysm must be excluded. This is particularly so if the epistaxis is associated with orbital fractures and unilateral blindness or cranial nerve palsies.